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brick•bat
Pronunciation: (brik'bat"), [key]—
n.
1. a piece of broken brick, esp. one used as a missile.
2. any rocklike missile.
3. an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism:
The critics greeted the play with brickbats. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.