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brickbat

[ brik-bat ]

noun

  1. a piece of broken brick, especially one used as a missile.
  2. any rocklike missile.
  3. an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism:

    The critics greeted the play with brickbats.



brickbat

/ ˈ²ú°ùɪ°ìËŒ²úæ³Ù /

noun

  1. a piece of brick or similar material, esp one used as a weapon
  2. blunt criticism

    the critic threw several brickbats at the singer

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Origin of brickbat1

First recorded in 1555–65; brick + bat 1
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Unlike a signed bill or a freshly inked executive order, there's rarely one name at which observers can launch their hosannas and brickbats.

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But functioning democracies require people willing to enter public life and take with it the brickbats that follow.

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Roos also expressed admiration: “Every day people around him were throwing brickbats at him, saying: “Why are you doing this?

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We can become cynical or angry and just throw brickbats.

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He drew brickbats from none other than George Bernard Shaw after trying to shut down a New York production of Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.â€

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