Brick
noun
A rectangular block that is used for building, usually red or brown in color.
He stacked bricks to build a wall.
Often appears as...
- brick wall
- brick house
noun
A device, especially a smartphone or tablet that has become non-functional.
After updating the software, my tablet became a brick.
Often appears as...
- brick a device
- brick a phone
noun
A significant amount of money.
He made a brick from that business deal.
Often appears as...
- make a brick
- earn a brick
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A basketball shot that bounces off the backboard or rim and fails to score.
The player's final shot was a brick and the team lost the game.
Often appears as...
- shoot a brick
- miss a brick
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A rectangular block that is used for building, usually red or brown in color.
He stacked bricks to build a wall.
Often appears as...
- brick wall
- brick house
noun
A device, especially a smartphone or tablet that has become non-functional.
After updating the software, my tablet became a brick.
Often appears as...
- brick a device
- brick a phone
noun
A significant amount of money.
He made a brick from that business deal.
Often appears as...
- make a brick
- earn a brick
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A basketball shot that bounces off the backboard or rim and fails to score.
The player's final shot was a brick and the team lost the game.
Often appears as...
- shoot a brick
- miss a brick
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Material Texture
Think of 'brick' as rough to touch, often used to signify sturdiness or traditional styles.
The brick fireplace added a rustic charm to the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Color
When 'brick' is mentioned, people often think of the red or brown color typical of clay bricks.
She admired the brick-red color of the quaint little house.
Pro Tip 3/3Building Foundations
'Brick' can symbolize the basic, strong foundation of something larger or more complex.
The university was the brick upon which his career was built.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Texture
Think of 'brick' as rough to touch, often used to signify sturdiness or traditional styles.
The brick fireplace added a rustic charm to the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Color
When 'brick' is mentioned, people often think of the red or brown color typical of clay bricks.
She admired the brick-red color of the quaint little house.
Pro Tip 3/3Building Foundations
'Brick' can symbolize the basic, strong foundation of something larger or more complex.
The university was the brick upon which his career was built.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Texture
Think of 'brick' as rough to touch, often used to signify sturdiness or traditional styles.
The brick fireplace added a rustic charm to the room.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Color
When 'brick' is mentioned, people often think of the red or brown color typical of clay bricks.
She admired the brick-red color of the quaint little house.
Pro Tip 3/3Building Foundations
'Brick' can symbolize the basic, strong foundation of something larger or more complex.
The university was the brick upon which his career was built.
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Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And you can have what we call organic molecules, and these are the bricks of life, and you can have fossils, and you can minerals, biominerals, which is due to the reaction between bacteria and rocks, and of course you can have gases in the atmosphere. And when you look at those tiny green algae
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The healing power of...
diverse line of women struggling to stand in silence demonstrating our resolve we saw each other and we knew we are not alone in her anger and fear or even our courage it actually felt like our hearts were beating and sink brick by brick spread like wildfire we are mailing jumpsuits to people
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How an Amateur Built the...
which spiraled to the top of the dome with vertical bricks acting his bookends to hold the others in place they laid about one roll a week giving the mortar time to cure at this rate the dome grew at a snail's pace of about a foot a month but perhaps most puzzling is how
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The rise and fall of...
to redirect river water and farm large areas of previously bone-dry land. Agricultural communities like this were slowly springing up around the world. But Sumerians were the first to take the next step. Using clay bricks made from river mud,
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Discovery: Buddha's...
significant findings from these excavations the first is the world's earliest Buddhist structure and it's not built in brick it's not built in stone it's actually built in timber so it's really exciting because it gives us for
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The new era of positive...
bricks fell on you. And we forgot that people made choices and decisions. We forgot responsibility. That was the first cost. The second cost was that we forgot about you people. We forgot about improving normal lives.
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My descent into...
or was it the one that I had physically given life to? Was my purpose to scorch the earth or was it to make it a better place for my family? And suddenly, like a ton of bricks hit me,
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What really matters at...
systems, bricks and mortar. We have tons of input for designers of all stripes to work with. We know, for example, from research what's most important to people who are closer to
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This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
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Take a Tour of a...
last autumn I proposed to use these bricks to build a great wall around pyramidan to protect us from polar bears and they are still thinking about it
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
And you can have what we call organic molecules, and these are the bricks of life, and you can have fossils, and you can minerals, biominerals, which is due to the reaction between bacteria and rocks, and of course you can have gases in the atmosphere. And when you look at those tiny green algae
Video examples
The healing power of...
diverse line of women struggling to stand in silence demonstrating our resolve we saw each other and we knew we are not alone in her anger and fear or even our courage it actually felt like our hearts were beating and sink brick by brick spread like wildfire we are mailing jumpsuits to people
Video examples
How an Amateur Built the...
which spiraled to the top of the dome with vertical bricks acting his bookends to hold the others in place they laid about one roll a week giving the mortar time to cure at this rate the dome grew at a snail's pace of about a foot a month but perhaps most puzzling is how
Video examples
The rise and fall of...
to redirect river water and farm large areas of previously bone-dry land. Agricultural communities like this were slowly springing up around the world. But Sumerians were the first to take the next step. Using clay bricks made from river mud,
Video examples
Discovery: Buddha's...
significant findings from these excavations the first is the world's earliest Buddhist structure and it's not built in brick it's not built in stone it's actually built in timber so it's really exciting because it gives us for
Video examples
The new era of positive...
bricks fell on you. And we forgot that people made choices and decisions. We forgot responsibility. That was the first cost. The second cost was that we forgot about you people. We forgot about improving normal lives.
Video examples
My descent into...
or was it the one that I had physically given life to? Was my purpose to scorch the earth or was it to make it a better place for my family? And suddenly, like a ton of bricks hit me,
Video examples
What really matters at...
systems, bricks and mortar. We have tons of input for designers of all stripes to work with. We know, for example, from research what's most important to people who are closer to
Video examples
This Crab Can't Swim,...
and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents true to their name they can crack a
Video examples
Take a Tour of a...
last autumn I proposed to use these bricks to build a great wall around pyramidan to protect us from polar bears and they are still thinking about it
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
James Redfield
American Author
One of my teachers once said that the way you know you're on the right path is that it works. Now, that doesn't mean you don't run into blocks and brick walls, but it does mean that you can find a way around them or find a way to change yourself or your project in order to find the flow again and have it work.
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Heather Brooke
American Journalist
People are used to getting a lot of information quickly, and they're used to being quite empowered as consumers, and they go to governments expecting a similar treatment; they want to find data and they want to influence events quickly, and yet they come into this brick wall.
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John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
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Edmund Wilson
American Critic
If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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James Purefoy
English Actor
I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.
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Harry Triguboff
Australian Businessman
I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.
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Thomas Rhett
American Musician
My dad is one of my favorite human beings in the world. He's just a good person, and he could entertain a brick wall.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them.
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Bryan Cranston
American Actor
You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
Quote examples
James Redfield
American Author
One of my teachers once said that the way you know you're on the right path is that it works. Now, that doesn't mean you don't run into blocks and brick walls, but it does mean that you can find a way around them or find a way to change yourself or your project in order to find the flow again and have it work.
Quote examples
Heather Brooke
American Journalist
People are used to getting a lot of information quickly, and they're used to being quite empowered as consumers, and they go to governments expecting a similar treatment; they want to find data and they want to influence events quickly, and yet they come into this brick wall.
Quote examples
John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
Quote examples
Edmund Wilson
American Critic
If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
Quote examples
James Purefoy
English Actor
I wasn't accepted the first time I tried to get into drama school. I said, 'I'll give this one more shot... and if that doesn't work, I won't bang my head against this painful brick wall.
Quote examples
Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving house - and it just hit me like a ton of bricks.
Quote examples
Harry Triguboff
Australian Businessman
I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.
Quote examples
Thomas Rhett
American Musician
My dad is one of my favorite human beings in the world. He's just a good person, and he could entertain a brick wall.
Quote examples
Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them.
Quote examples
Bryan Cranston
American Actor
You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
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