Unbrick
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To reopen something bricked up. transitive
"The skylight, although it had been bricked up by someone’s hysterical order, at that time in the past when a man had penetrated the attic-floor of the club to visit a girl, was not beyond being unbricked by the firemen. It was all a question of time."
- 2 To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative). slang, transitive
"Using JTAG to Unbrick Your Router"
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The skylight, although it had been bricked up by someone’s hysterical order, at that time in the past when a man had penetrated the attic-floor of the club to visit a girl, was not beyond being unbricked by the firemen. It was all a question of time."
Etymology
From un- + brick.