brick up

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brick up

verb bricks up · bricking up · bricked up

transitive To block or cover using bricks. I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass.
transitive To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks. The chest was bricked up into the wall.
Similar: brick in
colloquial, intransitive To become constipated.
Internet, transitive To cause (someone) to have an erection. She’s got a little meat along her lats and femur muscles that bricks me up more.
To build a supporting structure out of brick in order to form the containing walls of a mould.

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verb to block by masonry

Português	tijolar
Deutsch	zumauern
Русский	замуровать zamurovatʹ

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@misc{brick_up_2026,
  title = {brick up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brick%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}