Brickbat

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  • noun. A piece, especially of brick, that is used as a weapon or missile.
  • noun. An unfavorable remark; a criticism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A piece or fragment of a brick; especially, a piece of a brick used as a missile. See bat, 8.
  • noun. Hornblende schist, which upon weathering breaks up into rectangular blocks from three sets of joints.
  • To assail with pieces of brick: as, the mob brickbatted the police.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A piece or fragment of a brick. See 1st bat, n. 4.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. : A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.
  • noun. A criticism or uncomplimentary remark.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. blunt criticism
  • noun. a fragment of brick used as a weapon
    • Word Usage
    "I do not feel any dereliction of duty but do feel that your brickbat is a duffer."
    cross-reference
    brickbat cheese  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    criticism  fragment  unfavorable judgment  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antiphony  chorister  complainant  confrere  cowbird  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Irish confetti  affront  aspersion  atrocity  bola  
    variant
    bat  
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