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What does brick mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word brick? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  2. (uncountable) Considered collectively, as a building material.
  3. (countable) Something shaped like a brick.
  4. (dated) A helpful and reliable person.
  5. (basketball, slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
  6. (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
  7. (technology, slang) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
  8. (firearms) A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
  9. (poker) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
Adjective
  1. Made of brick(s).
Verb
  1. To build with bricks.
  2. To make into bricks.
  3. (slang) To hit someone or something with a brick.
  4. (computing) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
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