brick

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

“This wall is made of bricks.”

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

“This house is made of brick.”

Something shaped like a brick.

“a plastic explosive brick”

A helpful and reliable person.

“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.

“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 power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.

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

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

A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.

“The two of clubs was a complete brick on the river.”

The colour brick red.

One kilo of cocaine.

To build with bricks.

To make into bricks.

To hit someone or something with a brick.

To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.

“My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.”

(of weather) Extremely cold.