brick
To build, line, or form with bricksTo build, line, or form with bricks.
» Tom lives in a brick house.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To build, line, or form with bricks.
to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)
(transitive)To make into bricks.
(slang, transitive)To hit someone or something with a brick.
(slang, transitive)To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.
To stop working (of an electronic device)
(intransitive, slang)Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.
My phone bricked halfway through the videoconference.
bricken
окирпи́читьokirpíčitʹ
(intransitive, slang)To blunder; to screw up.
Examples
116 sentencesTom lives in a brick house.
There are very few brick houses in this town.
Talking to Tom is like talking to a brick wall.
ruРазговаривать с Томом - всё равно что разговаривать с кирпичной стеной. — marafon
deBei Tom hat man das Gefühl, gegen eine Wand zu reden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Giving advice to him is like talking to a brick wall.
The walls are brick.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Late Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch bricFrom Late Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch bricke ("cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch brik), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *brekan (“to break”), whence also Old French briche and French brique (“brick”). Compare also German Low German Brickje (“small board, tray”). Related to break.
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Forms
bricks, bricking, bricked, brickedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.