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flying brick

flying brick noun: an aircraft which is too heavy and lacks sufficient power to be maneuvered easily.

Noun

flying brick (plural flying bricks)

  1. (colloquial) An aircraft which is too heavy and lacks sufficient power to be maneuvered easily.
  2. (humorous, informal) A fictional character who has superstrength, invulnerability and the ability to fly.

Forms of flying brick

pluralflying bricks

Questions about flying brick

What does flying brick mean?
Flying brick means an aircraft which is too heavy and lacks sufficient power to be maneuvered easily.
What part of speech is flying brick?
Flying brick is a noun.
What is the plural of flying brick?
The plural of flying brick is flying bricks.

Words near flying brick in the dictionary

  1. flying blind
  2. flying boat
  3. flying boats
  4. flying bomb
  5. flying bombs
  6. flying brick
  7. flying bricks
  8. flying bridge
  9. flying bridges
  10. flying buttocks
  11. flying buttress

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