Brickbat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A piece, especially of brick, used as a weapon or missile.
  • n. An unfavorable remark; a criticism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. : A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.
  • n. A criticism or uncomplimentary remark.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piece or fragment of a brick. See 1st bat, n. 4.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece or fragment of a brick; especially, a piece of a brick used as a missile. See bat, 8.
  • To assail with pieces of brick: as, the mob brickbatted the police.
  • n. Hornblende schist, which upon weathering breaks up into rectangular blocks from three sets of joints.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. blunt criticism
  • n. a fragment of brick used as a weapon
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unfavorable judgment    criticism    fragment   
    Cross Reference
    brickbat cheese   
    Variant
    bat   
    Same Context
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