Meaning

noun rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

noun a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

originFrom Late Middle English brik, bryke, bricke, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch bricke ("cracked or broken brick; tile-stone"; modern Dutch brik), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *brekan (“to break”), whence also Old French briche and French brique (“brick”). Compare also German Low German Brickje (“small board, tray”). Related to break. The social media slang sense derives from…

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