Meaning of BRICKBAT
| Pronunciation: | | 'brik`bat
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- [n] blunt criticism
- [n] a fragment of brick used as a weapon
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Brick"bat`\, n.
A piece or fragment of a brick. See {Bat}, 4. --Bacon.
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| | Related Terms: | | affront, aspersion, atrocity, bola, bolt, boomerang, contempt, contumely, countermissile, cut, despite, dump, enormity, flout, flouting, gibe, humiliation, indignity, injury, insult, Irish confetti, jeer, jeering, missile, mock, mockery, offense, outrage, projectile, put-down, rock, rocket, scoff, scurrility, stone, taunt, throw stick, throwing-stick, torpedo, uncomplimentary remark, waddy |
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