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brick in English
- brick⇄adj. bricklike.
- brick⇄adj. 1. made of bricks.
Ex. a brick house.
2. resembling brick.
Ex. a brick color. - brick⇄brick, noun, pl.bricksor (especially collectively for def. 1)brick,adjective, verb.
- brick⇄expr. brick up, to block up; wall in.
Ex. The back entrance to the building was bricked up and a new one installed in front. - brick⇄expr. drop a brick, (Slang.) to commit a blunder or indiscretion.
Ex. I've got to keep my head shut, or I shall be dropping a brick (John Galsworthy). - brick⇄expr. hit the bricks, (U.S. Slang.) to go out on strike.
Ex. ""Hit the bricks at 12:01 if that's what you want,"" said Mr. Frank after the vote was completed (New York Times). - brick⇄expr. like a brick, (Informal.) with a vengeance; vigorously.
Ex. When he heard of the damage his son had done, he landed on him like a brick. - brick⇄expr. like a ton of bricks, with great speed and weight.
Ex. Before he could defend himself, they were down upon him like a ton of bricks. - brick⇄expr. make bricks without straw, to accomplish something without the necessary material (in allusion to Exodus 5:7).
Ex. It was not his fault that the R.A.F. was called upon to make so many bricks without straw in the opening stages of the war (Lon - brick⇄noun 1. a block of clay baked by sun or fire. Bricks are used to build walls or houses and to pave walks.
Ex. Everybody knows I can't lay bricks (Alfred E. Smith).
2. the substance of which these blocks consist.
Ex. as hard as brick. C - brick⇄v.t. to build or pave with bricks; cover or fill in with bricks.
Ex. He bricked the walk in front of his house.