Image:Brick wall old.jpg|thumb|A brick wall
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English

Pronunciation
AHD|/brĭk/, IPA|/brɪk/, SAMPA|/brIk/
audio|en-us-brick.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-ɪk|Rhymes: -ɪk

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

#:This house is made of bricks.

1. uncountable Considered collectively, as a building material.

#:This house is made of brick.

1. basketball A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket.

#: We can't win if we keep throwing up bricks from three-point land.

1. Term of endearment, especially towards a subject who has performed a favour of an act of kindness without expectation of reciprocity.

#: Thanks for helping me wash the car. You're a brick.

1. slang An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has been rendered non-functional and, usually, non-repairable.
2. colloquial a mobile phone, especially one that is large and/or heavy relative to current models
3. colloquial An external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in a power plug. A power brick.

Translations
trans-top|hardened block used for building
Basque: adreilu
Bulgarian: ���ла
Catalan: maó
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (zhu�n kuài)
Czech: cihla f
Danish: mursten c
Dutch: baksteen
Esperanto: briko
Estonian: tellis
Finnish: tiili
French: brique
German: Backstein, Ziegel m
Hebrew: ��נ�
Icelandic: múrsteinn m, tígulsteinn m (rare), leirsteinn m (rare)
Indonesian: batu bata
Italian: mattone
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Japanese: �� (��� renga)
Latvian: ķieģelis m
Lithuanian: plyta
Norwegian: murstein
Polish: ceg�a
Portuguese: tijolo
Russian: ки�пи� (kirpí�) m
Scottish Gaelic: breig
Serbian: опека
Serbo-Croatian: cigla
Slovak: tehla
Slovene: opeka f, zidak m
Spanish: ladrillo
Swedish: tegel n, tegelsten
Tamil: �����ல�
Thai: อิ�
Turkish: tu�la
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trans-top|a building material
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (zhu�n kuài), �頭, �头 (zhu�n tóu)
Danish: mursten c
Finnish: tiili
Icelandic: múrsteinn m, byggingarklossar m|p, byggingarkubbar n|p
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Latvian: ķieģelis m
Slovene: opeka
Swedish: tegel n
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trans-top|a missed shot (basketball)
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trans-top|term of endearment
Chinese traditional/simplified: 好���, 好��� (h�o xīn cháng de)
Danish: sveske c, knag c
Icelandic: ágætis manneskja f, perla af manni f, fyrirtaks manneskja f
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ttbc|Afrikaans: baksteen
ttbc|Arabic: ط�بة (ṭūbah)
ttbc|Breton: brikenn f -où
ttbc|Dutch: baksteen
ttbc|Estonian: telliskivi, tellis
ttbc|French: brique f (1,2)
ttbc|Hungarian: tégla
ttbc|Ido: briko
ttbc|Indonesian: bata, batu bata
ttbc|Italian: mattone
ttbc|Portuguese: tijolo
ttbc|Romanian: c�r�mid� f
ttbc|Spanish: ladrillo m
ttbc|Swahili: tofali, matofali p (1,2) (noun 5/6)
ttbc|Telugu: ���� (1, 2)
ttbc|Ukrainian: �еглина (cehlyna) f (1), �егла (cehla) f (2)
ttbc|Vietnamese: gạch
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Derived terms
drop a brick
hit the bricks
like a cat on a hot brick
like a ton of bricks
make bricks without straw
make bricks without straws
run into a brick wall
shit a brick
shit bricks
take to the bricks

Adjective
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1. Made of brick.

#:All that was left after the fire was the brick chimney.

Translations
trans-top|made of brick
Danish: murstens-
Icelandic: úr múrsteini m|f|n
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Russian: ки�пи�н�й (kirpí�nyj)
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Verb
en-verb

1. slang To hit someone using a brick.
2. rfv-sense slang To be a high state of anxiety: "Bricking it"
3. rfv-sense slang To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually unrepareable, resulting in a device with a utility on par with a masonry brick.

#:My VCR was bricked during the lightning storm.

Translations
trans-top|hit someone using a brick
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trans-top|be a high state of anxiety
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trans-top|make an electronic device nonfunctional
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Ukrainian: �егел�ний (cehel'nyj) m
Vietnamese: bằng gạch
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Derived terms
bricks and mortar
bricker
bricks and clicks
bricklayer
brickie
brick veneer

See also
brickfielder

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Building materials

French

Etymology
From English brig.

Pronunciation
IPA|/b�ik/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. nautical brig
2. � fritter (but with a filling)

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de:brick
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fa:brick
fr:brick
hy:brick
io:brick
it:brick
kk:brick
ku:brick
hu:brick
pl:brick
pt:brick
ro:brick
ru:brick
simple:brick
fi:brick
ta:brick
te:brick
vi:brick
tr:brick
uk:brick
zh:brick

• 2007-12-30 16:15 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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