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.
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.
An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *brekan, whence also Old French briche and French brique. Compare also German Low German Brickje. Related to break.
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