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🔑 brick BrE /brɪk / NAmE /brɪk / noun 🔑 [ C , U ] baked clay used for building walls , houses and other buildings ; an individual block of this ◆ The school is built of brick . ◆ a pile of bricks ◆ a brick wall ➡ see also red-brick (1 [ C ] a plastic or wooden block , used as a toy for young children to build things with [ C , usually sing. ] (old-fashioned BrE informal a friend that you can rely on when you need help ● be up against a brick ˈwall to be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you ● make bricks without ˈstraw (BrE to try to work without the necessary material , money , information , etc . ● like a ˌcat on hot ˈbricks (BrE NAmE like a ˌcat on a hot tin ˈroof very nervous ◆ She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test . ● drop a ˈbrick /ˈclanger (BrE informal to say sth that offends or embarrasses sb , although you did not intend to ● be banging , etc . your head against a brick ˈwall (informal to keep trying to do sth that will never be successful ◆ Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall . ● like a ton of ˈbricks (informal very heavily ; very severely ◆ Disappointment hit her like a ton of bricks . ◆ They came down on him like a ton of bricks (= criticized him very severely . 🔑 brick BrE /brɪk / NAmE /brɪk / verb present simple - I / you / we / they brick BrE /brɪk / NAmE /brɪk / present simple - he / she / it bricks BrE /brɪks / NAmE /brɪks / past simple bricked BrE /brɪkt / NAmE /brɪkt / past participle bricked BrE /brɪkt / NAmE /brɪkt / -ing form bricking BrE /ˈbrɪkɪŋ / NAmE /ˈbrɪkɪŋ / ● ˌbrick sth↔ˈin /ˈup to fill an opening in a wall with bricks ◆ The windows had been bricked up .
