Brick

There are a number of different meanings for the word brick so don’t just dump it there’s some good stuff here: 1 Very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location. 2 An unintelligent person. Derived from "thick as a brick." 3 A basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net. 4 A large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine. 5 An external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc 6 A piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new mobile phone ROMs, etc. 7 A large mobile phone. 8 British slang for a reliable person. 9 To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to. 10 To hit something or someone with bricks. 11 To avoid doing something because of fear, derives from shitting bricks.