brickbats

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Scrabble points: 19
Words With Friends: 22
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪkbæts/

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/ˈbɹɪkbæts/ · /ˈbɹɪkˌbæts/

Definition of brickbats

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(informal, plural, plural-only)Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.

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noun

(informal, plural, plural-only)Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming rings around planets.
(form-of, plural)plural of brickbat

verb

(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of brickbat

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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.

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