bricky

brick  (brk)

n.

1. pl. bricks or brick A molded rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln until hard and used as a building and paving material.

2. An object shaped like such a block: a brick of cheese.

3. Informal A helpful, reliable person.

tr.v. bricked, brick·ing, bricks

1. To construct, line, or pave with bricks.

2. To close or wall with brick: bricked up the windows of the old house.

Idiom:

drop a brick Informal

To make a clumsy social error.

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[Middle English brike, from Middle Dutch bricke.]

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bricky adj.

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bricky [ˈbrɪkɪ]

adj

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) made of bricks, or like a brick

n

(Business / Professions) a variant spelling of brickie