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brick walling

brick walling is the present participle and gerund of brick wall.

Meaning of brick wall

Verb

brick wall (third-person singular simple present brick walls, present participle brick walling, simple past and past participle brick walled)

  1. To build a brick wall around.
    • They forcefully imprisoned her in a decorative room and brick walled it.2013, Cyril A. Peters, Ignoble Imitation, →ISBN, page 98
  2. (sound engineering) To filter using a brick wall filter.
    • Audio recorded too quietly means that there is more opportunity for noise, even in today's digital workflow. Audio recorded too loud will distort in the analog world, and will simply "brick wall" in digital terms.2005, Douglas Spotted Eagle, Instant Digital Audio, →ISBN, page 77
  3. To halt or limit abruptly.
    • The driver stopped the cab on the spot, brick-walled it then and there.2012, Geoff Dyer, The Colour of Memory, →ISBN
  4. To be uncooperative and unresponsive.
    • They wanted to know how successful the attack had been. But you brick-walled them.2012, Donald Moffitt, A Gathering of Stars, →ISBN

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Questions about brick walling

What is brick walling the present participle and gerund of?
Brick walling is the present participle and gerund of brick wall.

Words near brick walling in the dictionary

  1. brick veneer
  2. brick veneers
  3. brick venereal disease
  4. brick wall
  5. brick walled
  6. brick walling
  7. brick walls
  8. brick-a-brack
  9. brick-and-mortar
  10. brick-breaker
  11. brick-breakers

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