brick

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.countable

• This wall is made of bricks.

Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.uncountable

• This house is made of brick.

Something shaped like a brick.countable

• a plastic explosive brick

The colour brick red.countableuncountable

• The handyman considered the question and I knew she had a brick of ground beans in her bag but was considering whether the beds and a hot drink was worth a brick of coffee.
• He disentangled himself from the safe door and delved inside. He brought out a brick of banknotes.

A helpful and reliable person.countabledatedslang

• Thanks for helping me wash the car. You’re a brick.

A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.countableslanguncountable

• See also: put up a brick
• We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.

A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.countableinformaluncountable

An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.countablefigurativelyslang

A projectile.UKcountableslang

• I was on deck watching the firing, and looking at the direction in which our guns were pointing, it was obvious that it was not going to be Centurion who was going to receive our bricks.

A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.countableuncountable

To build, line, or form with bricks.transitive

• to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)

To make into bricks.transitive

• The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter.

To hit someone or something with a brick.slangtransitive

To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.slangtransitive

• My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.

Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.intransitiveslang

• My phone bricked halfway through the videoconference.

To blunder; to screw up.intransitiveslang

Extremely cold.New-Yorkcolloquialnot-comparable

• And while the tropics are definitely the place to be when it's brick outside, rocking a snorkel on the beach only works when you're snorkeling.
• He was always hanging tight with me and since he had access to a ride . . . it made traveling easier. I mean it was no biggie brain buster to take the train, but when it's brick outside . . . fuck the A train.