Brick (disambiguation)
Appearance
A brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into hardened rectangular blocks.
Brick or BRICK may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Music
[edit]- Brick (band), an American band formed in 1976
- Brick (Brick album), the band's 1977 album
- Brick (Talking Heads album), released in 2005, also known simply as Talking Heads
- The Brick: Bodega Chronicles 2007 debut album by American rapper Joell Ortiz
- Brick (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2005 film
- "Brick" (song), 1997 song by Ben Folds Five
- Bricks (band), a late 1980s lo-fi alternative band fronted by Mac McCaughan, of Superchunk
- Bricks (album), by Benny Tipene, 2014
- Bricks, a 1975 album by Hello People
- "Bricks", a song by Rise Against from The Sufferer & the Witness, 2006
- "Bricks", a deluxe edition track on the album The State vs. Radric Davis
- "Bricks", a 1988 song by Crimpshrine
Fictional characters
[edit]- Brick (comics), a DC Comics villain, enemy of Green Arrow
- Brick Bradford, the titular hero of a science fiction comic strip from 1933 to 1987
- Brick, in the Discworld novel Thud!
- Brick, a member of The Rowdyruff Boys, a group of characters in the animated series The Powerpuff Girls
- Brick the Berserker, from the video game Borderlands
- Dr. Brick Breeland, on the TV show Hart of Dixie, portrayed by Tim Matheson
- Brick Heck, on the TV show The Middle
- Brick McArthur, a character from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
- Brick Pollitt, in the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and its film adaptations
- Brick Tamland, in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- Brick, a rat from the game Pizza Tower
Other
[edit]- Brick (film), a 2005 American neo-noir thriller
- Brick (magazine), a literary magazine established in 1977
- Equivalent VIII, occasionally referred to as The Bricks, a sculpture by Carl Andre constructed in 1966
- El ladrillo (The Brick), a text on Chilean economy
Businesses
[edit]- The Brick, a Canadian furniture retailer
- Brick Brewing Company, a Canadian beer brewer
- The Brick Theater, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, US
- The Brick, a bar in Roslyn, Washington, US, featured in the 1990s television series Northern Exposure
- Brick Academy, a school in New Jersey, US
Places
[edit]- Brick Township, New Jersey, US
- Brick City, a nickname for Newark, New Jersey, US
Science and technology
[edit]- Brick (electronics), a nonfunctioning electronic device
- Brick red, a color
- Brick (moth), a common name for the moth Agrochola circellaris
- Motorola DynaTAC, an early cellular phone commonly referred to as "the brick"
- BRICKS (software), a software framework for digital libraries
Sports and games
[edit]- Brick (basketball), a slang term for a poor shot
- Brick, a poker term for a useless card
- Brick, a type of back-to-back triathlon workout involving two disciplines, most commonly cycling and running
Other uses
[edit]- Brick (name), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname
- Brick (keelboat), a French sailboat design
- Brick cheese, a surface-ripened cheese from Wisconsin, US
See also
[edit]Search for "brick" on Wikipedia.