brick

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brick

1. noun, slang A helpful, reliable, steadfast person. Tom has been a real brick during all the trouble we've dealt with this year. I don't think I could have gotten through it all without his support.
2. noun, slang A packaged block of illegal drugs. He was caught with 10 bricks of heroin in his trunk, so he's going to jail for a long, long time.
3. noun, slang In basketball, a shot that misses due to a poor, underpowered throw. She had a chance to win the game at the last second, but she threw up a brick from the three-point line.
4. noun, slang In poker, a card that is of no value to one's hand. Said especially of communal cards. I would have had a full house if the last card were an 8, but I got a brick on the turn and my whole hand became worthless.
5. noun, slang An inoperable electronic device, such as a phone, tablet, or computer. A power surge fried my brand-new table, leaving me with a shiny new brick.
6. verb, slang To cause an electronic device, such as a phone, tablet, or computer, to become completely inoperable. Don't try to use a power adapter other than that came in the box, or it could brick your console. I tried jailbreaking my phone, but I just ended up bricking it instead.
7. verb, slang To attack someone with one or more bricks. The two men were sentenced to five years in prison for bricking someone outside a bar after they had gotten into an argument with him inside.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brick

1. n. a failed shot (in basketball) that bounces off the rim or backboard. Chalk up another brick for Michael.
2. n. any failure. This whole thing is a mess. Whose brick is this anyway?
3. in. to fail. (From sense 1) The whole project bricked because we sat on the contract too long.
4. tv. to strike or punch someone. (Streets.) That dude just bricked a cop!
5. n. a block of marijuana; a kilo of cocaine. (Drugs.) Man, I can’t afford a brick! Gimme a bag. The police said he was carrying a “brick” of cannabis when arrested.
6. n. a large, brick-shaped, handheld mobile telephone that is a precursor to the modern cellphone. I still have my old “brick,” but I’d be embarrassed to use it, even if it did still work.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) thick as a brick
  • a brick in (one's) hat
  • a brick short of a load
  • a few bricks short of a (full) load
  • a few bricks shy/short of a load
  • a few, two, etc. bricks short of a load
  • bang (one's) head against a brick wall
  • bang (one's) head into a brick wall
  • bang your head against a brick wall
  • be (as) thick as a brick
  • be banging (one's) head against a brick wall
  • be banging your head against a brick wall
  • be banging, etc. your head against a brick wall
  • be bricking it
  • be down on (one) like a ton of bricks
  • be hitting (one's) head against a (brick) wall
  • be like a cat on hot bricks
  • be like talking to a brick wall
  • be one brick short of a (full) load
  • be several bricks short of a (full) load
  • be/come down on somebody like a ton of bricks
  • be/come up against a brick wall
  • beat head against the wall
  • beat one's head against the wall
  • brick
  • brick -and-mortar
  • brick by brick
  • brick house
  • brick in
  • brick up
  • brick wall
  • brick-and-mortar
  • bricks and mortar
  • bricks shy of a load
  • built like a brick outhouse
  • come down like a ton of bricks
  • come down on (one) like a ton of bricks
  • come down on someone like a ton of bricks
  • come up against a brick wall
  • drop (someone or something) like a hot brick
  • drop a bomb
  • drop a brick
  • drop a brick/clanger
  • drop something like a hot potato
  • elevator doesn't go to the top floor, the
  • few bricks short of a load
  • goldbrick
  • have a brick in (one's) hat
  • hit (one) like a brick wall
  • hit (one) like a ton of bricks
  • hit a brick wall
  • hit the bricks
  • knock (one's) head against a (brick) wall
  • knock head against a brick wall
  • like a cat on hot bricks
  • like a ton of bricks
  • like a ton of bricks, (come down)
  • make bricks without straw
  • one brick short of a (full) load
  • one brick shy of a (full) load
  • one brick shy of a load
  • redbrick university
  • regular brick
  • run (one's) head against a brick wall
  • run head against a brick wall
  • run into a brick wall
  • run into a stone wall
  • run one's head against (into) a brick/stone wall, to
  • several bricks short of a (full) load
  • talk to a brick wall
  • three bricks shy of a (full) load
  • three bricks shy of a load
  • two bricks shy of a (full) load
  • up against a brick wall
  • wash a brick
  • yellow brick road
  • You cannot make bricks without straw
  • you can't make bricks without straw
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Brick kiln workers' rights to be ensured
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Brick manufacturers in Trashigang worried
'Utilisation of only 15 per cent of biosolids in brick production would reduce the carbon footprint of brick manufacturing whilst satisfying all the environmental and engineering requirements for bricks.'
Blocks of dried human faeces could be used as building materials
The decision was taken at the recommendations of the Smog Commission which also asked brick-kilns owners to convert their brick kilns to new zigzag technology during the closure period.
Reopening of brick-kilns
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Great Brick Safari is on its way to Twycross Zoo
The decision to stall the work at all brick kilns across the province into effect from October 1 and will remain in place till December 31.
Fog problem in winter season, work on brick-kilns halted for three months in Punjab