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bricking up

bricking up is the present participle and gerund of brick up.

Meaning of brick up

Verb

brick up (third-person singular simple present bricks up, present participle bricking up, simple past and past participle bricked up)

  1. (transitive) To block or cover using bricks.
    • I am going to brick up the window instead of replacing the glass.
  2. (transitive) To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks.
    • The chest was bricked up into the wall.
    Synonyms:
    brick in
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) To become constipated.
  4. (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.2023, Lula White, Drink You (Explore Men of the Hamptons; 3), Lula White Books, →ISBN, page unknown
  5. To build a supporting structure out of brick in order to form the containing walls of a mould.

Questions about bricking up

What is bricking up the present participle and gerund of?
Bricking up is the present participle and gerund of brick up.

Words near bricking up in the dictionary

  1. bricking in
  2. bricking it
  3. bricking off
  4. bricking oneself
  5. bricking over
  6. bricking up
  7. brickings
  8. brickish
  9. brickkiln
  10. brickkilns
  11. bricklaid

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