A rubber weight used in training either to increase a swimmer's weight or to serve as an object to be collected ("rescued") from the bottom of the pool.

Synonym of dive brick

Alternative spelling of brickshaped

(simile) Synonym of thick as a brick

(UK, slang) An improvised club-like weapon made of tightly rolled and bent newspaper, allegedly used by football hooligans.

Alternative form of redbrick

present participle of make bricks without straw

simple past tense and past participle of make bricks without straw

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make bricks without straw

(idiomatic) To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.