brick up
English
editVerb
editbrick up (third-person singular simple present bricks up, present participle bricking up, simple past and past participle bricked up)
- (transitive) To block or cover using bricks.
- I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass.
- The tunnel's mouth was bricked up because it was unsafe.
- (transitive) To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks.
- Synonym: brick in
- The chest was bricked up into the wall.
- 2020 December 11, Richard Speed, “Oh, no one knows what goes on behind locked doors... so don't leave your UPS in there”, in The Register[1], archived from the original on 2022-01-20:
- We've encountered servers bricked up into secret rooms many times, but never a UPS hidden behind a locked door.
- (transitive, slang) To cause (someone) to have an erection.
Related terms
editTranslations
editto block by masonry
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References
edit- “to brick up” under “brick, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “brick up”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.