Sekirov Dictionary

brickbat

/ˈbɹɪkbæt/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
A piece of brick, rock, etc., especially when used as a weapon (for example, thrown or placed in a sock or other receptacle and used as a club).
- [S]he sēt [sent] a brick back after him & hit him on þᵉ back, […] — 1563
•
(figurative) A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly) uncomplimentary remark.
- Not honoured, hardly even envied; only fools and the flunkey-species so much as envy me. I am conspicuous,—as a mark for curses and brickbats. What good is it? — 1843

verb2

•
To attack (someone or something) by swinging or throwing brickbats.
- We had two boys arrested, both colored, for brick-batting a colored woman in her house. They were sent to the chaingang for 12 months each. — 1904
(figurative) To assail (someone or something) with (sharp) criticism.

forms

brickbatted · brickbatting · brickbats

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