Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. / (figuratively) An obstacle. / (sound engineering) A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff.

To build a brick wall around. / (sound engineering) To filter using a brick wall filter. / To halt or limit abruptly. / To be uncooperative and unresponsive.

plural of brick wall

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brick wall

simple past tense and past participle of brick up

(transitive) To block by masonry, particularly using bricks. / (transitive, slang, of a male) To sexually arouse, causing the penis to harden. / (intransitive, slang, of a male) To get an erection.

present participle of brick up

(aviation, colloquial) An aircraft which is too heavy and lacks sufficient power to be maneuvered easily.

(architecture) A building construction technique in which an external, non-structural, brick wall conceals a structural wall of another material (such as timber or steel).

(idiomatic, vulgar) To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment.