Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bricking

/ˈbɹɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
brick-ing
IPA
/ˈbɹɪkɪŋ/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of pelting with bricks.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state of an electronic device being rendered completely unusable by a failed or corrupted firmware or software change.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A type of return fraud in which a working electronic item is purchased, then deliberately damaged or stripped of valuable components in order to render it unusable, and then returned to the merchant for a refund as a profit.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of brick

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

brickings (plural)

Rhymes With

picking kicking sticking clicking licking ticking tricking flicking fricking dicking pricking

Questions

How do you pronounce bricking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪkɪŋ/.
What does bricking mean?
The act of pelting with bricks.

How to pronounce bricking

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