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PRONUNCIATION OF BRICKBAT

brickbat  [ˈbrɪkˌbæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRICKBAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brickbat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRICKBAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brickbat in the English dictionary

The definition of brickbat in the dictionary is a piece of brick or similar material, esp one used as a weapon. Other definition of brickbat is blunt criticism.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRICKBAT


acrobat
ˈækrəˌbæt
aerobat
ˈɛərəʊˌbæt
Ashgabat
ˈɑːʃɡəbæt
bat
bæt
batt
bæt
bullbat
ˈbʊlˌbæt
combat
ˈkɒmbæt
dingbat
ˈdɪŋˌbæt
holderbat
ˈhəʊldəˌbæt
noncombat
ˌnɒnˈkɒmbæt
numbat
ˈnʌmˌbæt
sabbat
ˈsæbæt
tittlebat
ˈtɪtəlˌbæt
whirlbat
ˈwɜːlˌbæt
wombat
ˈwɒmbæt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRICKBAT

brick
brick red
brick veneer
brick wall
brick-built
brick-kiln
brickclay
brickearth
bricken
brickfield
brickfielder
brickie
bricking
bricklayer
bricklaying
bricklike
brickmaker
brickmaking
brickor mortis
bricks and clicks

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRICKBAT

blind as a bat
body combat
close combat
cricket bat
erev Shabbat
fruit bat
hors de combat
horseshoe bat
Nanga Parbat
off one´s own bat
off the bat
old bat
Rabat
right off the bat
Shabbat
single combat
straight bat
trial by combat
unarmed combat
vampire bat

Synonyms and antonyms of brickbat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brickbat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRICKBAT

Find out the translation of brickbat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brickbat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brickbat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碎砖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brickbat
570 millions of speakers

English

brickbat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كسرة آجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

brickbat
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brickbat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাটকেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

morceau de brique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brickbat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beschimpfung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

酷評
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

brickbat
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brickbat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gạch vụn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செங்கற் கட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ईटबॅट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tuğla parçası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frammento di mattone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brickbat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

brickbat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brickbat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τεμάχιο πλίνθου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brokstuk van baksteen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brickbat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brickbat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brickbat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRICKBAT»

The term «brickbat» is regularly used and occupies the 71.626 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRICKBAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brickbat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRICKBAT»

Discover the use of brickbat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brickbat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious ...
.According to this case from 1631, upon being convicted of a felony a prisoner " ject un Brickbat a le dit justice que narrowly mist" —— "threw a brickbat at the said justice, which narrowly missed him." The justice was Richardson, Chief Justice ...
Jeffrey Miller, 2003
2
THE REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES; OR, THE WAR OF 1861
W. H. Young, hit by a brickbat on the head. Stephen Flanders, bad wound on the head by a brickbat. H. Perry, wounded on the knee by brickbat. John Fostier, wounded on the head with a stone. C. G. Gill, bad wound on the knee from the ...
3
The rebellion in the United States or The war of 1861
Young, hit by a brickbat on tho head. Stephen Flanders, bad wound on tho head by a brickbat. II. Perry, wounded on tho kneo by brickbat. John Fostior, wounded on tho head with a stone. C. 0. Gill, bad wound on tho knee from tho breech of a ...
4
LIFE
BRICKBAT. Life's Winthrop Sargeant has long had a special kind of respect for John L. Lewis — not for Lewis as a public figure but for Lewis as a grandiloquent and expert practitioner in the field of vituperation (see preceding page). When the  ...
5
More Word Histories and Mysteries: From Aardvark to Zombie
The many Latin forms suggest that the word ultimately has a non-Latin, non- Romance origin that remains obscure. brickbat The earliest sense of the word brickbat, first recorded in the second half of the 16th century, was "a piece of brick .
‎2006
6
Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, ...
Brickbat. for. Education. —. A. Kiss. for. the. Bedroom. in. Dixie. March 24, 1956 If Miss Lucy wanted to go to bed with a white man instead of to college with one, nobody at the University of Alabama would throw stones at her, nor defy the ...
Langston Hughes, Christopher C. De Santis, 1995
7
The Jesus Lizard Book
FX, San Jose, CA (H) WlKerpIonkI Kennel Club, San Francisco, CA (H) w/Ed Hall, Brickbat Satyricon, Portland, OR (H) w/Sprinkler, Tao Jones, Brickbat Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA (H) w/Brickbat, ???, Spinanes, Engine Boy Off Ramp, Seattle ...
The Jesus Lizard, 2014
8
The Unravelling of the Postmodern Mind
When you throw a ball or a brickbat at me, whereas traditionally we would understand the situation in terms of who you and I are and what a ball or a brickbat is, here we'd understand it in terms of who you and I are and what a ball or a brickbat ...
Cristopher Nash, 2001
9
Teacher Miracles: Inspirational True Stories from the Classroom
"At that point of my life, I was just a N I carried a brickbat. I was a screw-up. I carried the brickbat because I was a rotten student and did rotten things." "What's a brickbat?" I asked. "A brickbat is a small piece of brick you hold in your hand.
Brian Thornton, 2007
10
The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama
Enter nick andjenkin, jack slime, roger brickbat with country wenches including sisly milk-pail, and TWO or THREE MUSICIANS jenkin Come Nick, take youJoan Miniver to trace withall; Jack Slime, traverse you with Sisly Milk-pail. I will take ...
Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRICKBAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brickbat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Louis Armstrong, jazz legend, dies in 1971
Once she found him with another woman and went at him with a brickbat. “I ain't been no angel,” Armstrong said later. “But I never once set out ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Fears of Syria war persist in Lebanese border village
... it beginning with the war rampant right next, even so worries about of brickbat strikes, abductions and incursions have endured ever since the ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
3
Zao "Xenophobe"
The track is absolutely ruthless, packing a potent, brickbat assault of discordant riffery, cranium-collapsing beats and devilish screams. «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
4
Seares: 'Where's the government?'
Who doesn't have a brickbat to throw at government? Name any public service that breaks down, conks out, or collapses, you have the state to ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
5
Car bomb in Yemeni capital hits mourners, dozens wounded
... ratcheting over, the nation's armed forces spokesperson said its military had created a Scud brickbat at a very Saudi navy according Tuesday ... «Vocal Republic, Jun 15»
6
Indy booksellers' next chapter
Queen Village's Brickbat Books sells both used and new and is closer to ... The owner of Brickbat, Patrick Richardson Graham, pictured below, ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jun 15»
7
Pops concert news is not music to ears
We don't have the heart to brickbat a symphony when it's down on its luck, so we'll settle for making it suffer through an off-key chorus of “Auld ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jun 15»
8
More trouble for Florida State football begs the question, where is …
The jokes and brickbat that constantly fly around about FSU and their program have been around for years, even before Jameis Winston came ... «Saturday Blitz, Jun 15»
9
No justice for victims in fraud case
No brickbat — but we'll offer Morro Bay a highly qualified bouquet wrapped in a resume if it revamps its hiring process to make it more ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jun 15»
10
LINCOLN SHAW: More bows and arrows
IT'S always good to get a word of praise — it makes up for the occasional brickbat when I have got something wrong — so I was pleased to ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Brickbat [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brickbat>. Apr 2024 ».
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