brick up

== English == === Verb === brick up (third-person singular simple present bricks up, present participle bricking up, simple past and past participle bricked up) (transitive) To block or cover using bricks. (transitive) To trap or seal in a closed space using bricks. Synonym: brick in (intransitive, colloquial) To become constipated. (transitive, Internet slang) To cause (someone) to have an erection. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “to brick up” under “brick, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “brick up”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.