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Definitions for Bricking

[1] a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
[2] such blocks collectively.
[3] the material of which such blocks are made.
[4] any block or bar having a similar size and shape: a gold brick; an ice-cream brick.
[5] the length of a brick as a measure of thickness, as of a wall: one and a half bricks thick.
[6] Informal . an admirably good or generous person.
[7] Informal . an electronic device that has become completely nonfunctional.
[8] to pave, line, wall, fill, or build with brick.
[9] Informal . to cause (an electronic device) to become completely nonfunctional: I bricked my phone while doing the upgrade.
[10] made of, constructed with, or resembling bricks.
[11] drop a brick , to make a social gaffe or blunder, especially an indiscreet remark.
[12] hit the bricks , to walk the streets, especially as an unemployed or homeless person. to go on strike: With contract talks stalled, workers are threatening to hit the bricks. Also take to the bricks.
[13] make bricks without straw , to plan or act on a false premise or unrealistic basis. to create something that will not last: To form governments without the consent of the people is to make bricks without straw. to perform a task despite the lack of necessary materials.
[14] Australian slang the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
[15] a rectangular block of clay mixed with sand and fired in a kiln or baked by the sun, used in building construction (as modifier ) a brick house
[16] the material used to make such blocks
[17] any rectangular block a brick of ice
[18] bricks collectively
[19] informal a reliable, trustworthy, or helpful person
[20] British a child's building block
[21] short for brick red
[22] drop a brick British informal to make a tactless or indiscreet remark
[23] like a ton of bricks informal (used esp of the manner of punishing or reprimanding someone) with great force; severely when he spotted my mistake he came down on me like a ton of bricks
[24] (usually foll by in, up or over ) to construct, line, pave, fill, or wall up with bricks to brick up a window ; brick over a patio
[25] slang to attack (a person) with a brick or bricks

Words related to Bricking

bricksurface, tile, brick, gravel, tar, flagstone, cobblestone, macadamize

Words nearby Bricking

brickbribe, bribery, bric-a-brac, brice, bricht, brick, brick cheese, brick red, brick veneer, brick-and-mortar, brickbat

Origin of Bricking

1400–50; late Middle English brike < Middle Dutch bricke; akin to break

Other words from Bricking

brick·like , brick·ish , adjective
un·bricked , adjective

Word origin for Bricking

C15: from Old French brique , from Middle Dutch bricke ; related to Middle Low German brike , Old English brecan to break

Synonyms for Bricking

brick, cobblestone, flagstone, gravel, macadamize, surface, tar, tile, lay asphalt, lay concrete