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   What does brickbat mean?

   • The members of parliament hurled brickbats at the minister. She responded angrily to the brickbats thrown at her. What is the pronunciation of brickbat? 口頭攻撃, 譴責… 口头攻击, 谴责… insulto… insulto… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! BRICKBAT definition: 1. a spoken attack: 2. a spoken attack: . Learn more.

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   Is brickbat a verb or a noun?

   • A brickbat (noun sense 1). The noun is derived from brick + bat (“a bit, piece; specifically, part of a brick with one whole end”). The verb is derived from the noun. brickbat (plural brickbats) 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).

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   What is an example of a brickbat?

   • Examples from the Corpus brickbat • We are successful, but success brings brickbats. • It keeps you going in life, especially with all the brickbats you get in politics. • And by the fourth issue of Oz the plaudits were beginning to outnumber the brickbats. • Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming.

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   What does a brickbat resemble?

   • A feeling of sadness and longingThat is not like being sick, And resembles sorrow onlyAs a brickbat resembles a brick. It set Tom to thinking; he said afterwards the spectacle was enough to make a brickbat wake up and think. Some of our readers may think that this was a fit punishment for having “pashed” the toad to “death with a brickbat.”

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   Are brickbats a good plan?

   • The candidates resorted to hurling brickbats at one another. For all the brickbats it has received, it's a good plan. Recent Examples on the Web India has faced brickbats for not testing enough despite the emphasis laid by the World Health Organisation.

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   Why do people like the brickbats so much?

   • • It keeps you going in life, especially with all the brickbats you get in politics. • And by the fourth issue of Oz the plaudits were beginning to outnumber the brickbats. • Swathes opened up in the crowds on either side as they saw the brickbats coming. • Then, the brickbats begin to fly.

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   The earliest known use of the verb brickbat is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for brickbat is from 1830, in the Morning Post (London). It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1500s. brickbat is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: brickbat n.

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   BRICKBAT definition: 1. a spoken attack: 2. a spoken attack: . Learn more.

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   How to use brickbat in a sentence. a fragment of a hard material (such as a brick); especially : one used as a missile; an uncomplimentary remark… See the full definition

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   Sep 27, 2024 · brickbat (plural brickbats) 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). a Faythful Martyr and Witnes of the Gospel, Constantly Suffering for the Testimonie of the Same”, in Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, was privately ...

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   2 meanings: 1. a piece of brick or similar material, esp one used as a weapon 2. blunt criticism.... Click for more definitions.

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   BRICKBAT meaning: 1. a spoken attack: 2. a spoken attack: . Learn more.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English brickbat brick‧bat / ˈbrɪkbæt / noun [countable] written a criticism of something The plan has drawn both brickbats and praise. Examples from the Corpus brickbat • We are successful, but success brings brickbats. • It keeps you going in life, especially with all the brickbats you get in ...