1. Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
   "The mason carefully laid each brick to construct the wall"
    
2. [informal] A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
   "He's a real brick, always there when you need him"
    
3. An object of rectangular shape like a brick
   "He bought a brick of cheese at the deli"
    
4. Bricks collectively, or the colour of bricks
    
5. [informal] (sports, especially basketball) a badly missed shot
   "His last-second attempt was a brick that didn't even hit the rim"

1. To stop working (of an electronic device)
   "His phone bricked after the failed software update"
    
2. Wall up with brick
   "They bricked in the old fireplace";
   - brick in, brick up, brick over

Derived forms: bricked, bricking, bricks

Type of: building material, ceramic, good person, malfunction, misfunction, wall in, wall up

Encyclopedia: Brick, New Jersey