First Known Use: 1579
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brickbat
noun brick·bat \ˈbrik-ˌbat\
: a criticism or rude comment
Full Definition of BRICKBAT
1
: a fragment of a hard material (as a brick); especially : one used as a missile
2
: an uncomplimentary remark
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Origin of BRICKBAT
brick + 1bat (lump, fragment)
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Rhymes with BRICKBAT
all that, at bat, at that, backchat, bath mat, bobcat, brass hat, brown fat, brown rat, bullbat, Cassatt, chitchat, combat, coon cat, cowpat, cravat, Croat, deep fat, defat, dingbat, doormat, expat, fat cat, fiat, firebrat, flat-hat, fly at, format, fruit bat, get at, go at, have at, hellcat, hepcat, high-hat, house cat, jurat, keep at, leaf fat, look at, Manx cat, MCAT, meerkat, milk fat, mole rat, mudflat, muscat, Muscat, muskrat, nonfat, old hat, pack rat, pick at, place mat, plug hat, polecat, pot hat, Rotblat, rug rat, salt flat, savate, silk hat, slouch hat, sneeze at, snowcat, Sobat, stand pat, standpat, stonechat, strawhat, Surat, thereat, tin hat, tipcat, tomcat, top hat, trans fat, whereat, whinchat, white hat, wildcat, wombat, wool fat
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