Word familyadjectivebrickenbrickynounbrickiebrickingbrickbatbrickclaybrickfieldbrickfielderbricklayerbricklayingbrickmakerbrickmakingbrickworkbrickworksbrickyardbrick
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 fourthissue 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.
Originbrickbat
(1600-1700)brickbat“piece of brick (as thrown at someone)”((16-20 centuries)), from brick + bat“piece of brick”((16-17 centuries))