brick

¹brick

noun, often attributive \ˈbrik\

Definition of BRICK

1

plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹⁄₄ × 3³⁄₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat

2

: a good-hearted person

3

: a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)

4

: a semisoft cheese with numerous small holes, smooth texture, and often mild flavor

5

: gaffe, blunder —used especially in the phrase drop a brick

6

: a badly missed shot in basketball <he threw up a brick>

Examples of BRICK

1. a house made of brick
2. a brick of ice cream
3. children playing with wooden bricks
4. He has been an absolute brick.

Origin of BRICK

Middle English bryke, from Middle Dutch bricke

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to BRICK

Synonyms: blunder, bobble, boob [British], boo-boo, error, clanger [British], clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Related Words: bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

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Rhymes with BRICK

chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick