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Brickbat

Brickbat Meaning & Definition
Brickbat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brickbat?

[n] blunt criticism
[n] a fragment of brick used as a weapon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brickbat:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Brickbat: affront | aspersion | atrocity | bola | bolt | boomerang | contempt | contumely | countermissile | cut | despite | dump | enormity | flout | flouting | gibe | humiliation | indignity | injury | insult | Irish confetti | jeer | jeering | missile | mock | mockery | offense | outrage | projectile | put-down | rock | rocket | scoff | scurrility | stone | taunt | throw stick | throwing-stick | torpedo | uncomplimentary remark | waddy

See Also | criticism | fragment | unfavorable judgment

Brickbat In Webster's Dictionary

\Brick"bat`\, n. A piece or fragment of a brick. See {Bat}, 4. --Bacon.

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