I. ˈbrik noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English bryke, from Middle Dutch bricke
Date: 15th century
1. plural bricks or brick : a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 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
II. transitive verb
Date: 1592
: to close, face, or pave with bricks — usually used with up, in, or over