brickbats

== English == === Etymology === From brickbat +‎ -s. The plural only sense (“small rocky particles moving as a group in space”) was coined by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and is used chiefly in reference to his writings. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪkbæts/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/ Hyphenation: brick‧bats === Noun === brickbats pl (plural only) (astronomy, informal) Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets. === Noun === brickbats plural of brickbat === Verb === brickbats third-person singular simple present indicative of brickbat === References ===