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brick

Definition

  • noun: a small, hard block of baked clay that is used to build structures (such as houses) and sometimes to make streets, paths, etc.
  • noun: a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2
  • verb: to close, face, or pave with 'bricks'
  • often used before another noun

Examples

  • Our boss 'came down on us like a ton of bricks' [=got very angry at us] when he found out we had missed the meeting.

  • The loss of his job 'hit him like a ton of bricks'. [=hit him very hard; made him very upset, unhappy, etc.]

  • Market uncertainties have been driving the rush to invest in 'bricks and mortar'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) speed of his pen. What is it? ''He sat, comma ''in defiance of municipal orders, comma ''sstride the gun amzammah... on her brick...'' What is it? ''Brick platform, opposite the old Ajaib-Gher.'' ''The wonder house, comma ss the natives called the Lahore Museum.'' lt's still there, the cannon (..)
    1996 The English Patient