Browsing page 8 of words meaning bad qualities (520 words total)

adjective

• very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.

  It's brick outside today.

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  Last edited on Mar 23 1999. Submitted by Meeka B. from Harlem, NY, USA on Mar 23 1999.

noun

• an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."

  That kid is such a brick!

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  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on May 15 2002. Submitted by tim g. from Duluth, MN, USA on May 15 2002.

• a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.

  He keeps on hitting bricks.

  Brick!

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  Last edited on Jan 27 2003. Submitted by Fox from Queens, NY, USA on Jan 27 2003.

• a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.

  I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.

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  Last edited on Mar 08 2003. Submitted by Terry S. from Long Island City, NY, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• an external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc.
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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new cell-phone ROMs, etc.

  I tried to run some program I got off the web to turn my phone into a wireless hotspot. Now it's a brick.

  • See more words with the same meaning: broken.
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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a large cellphone.
  • See more words with the same meaning: telephone, phone.

  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

verb - ambitransitive

• To bail, ditch, let down, not show up or do something as promised/agreed to.
  
  "Yeah, Annie planned the whole thing, but now she's bricking."
  
  "Yo, looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming."
  
  "Yeah, she planned the whole thing, but then she just bricked."

  Last edited on Dec 24 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 23 2012.

verb - transitive

• to hit with bricks.

  James's car got bricked last night.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Mar 21 2006. Submitted by Key on Mar 21 2006.

• to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.

  I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.

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  Last edited on Aug 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.

adjective

• displeasing, low-quality.

  Damn! Your car is broke!

  You are one broke-ass dork.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2011. Submitted by Peter C. from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 97219, USA on Sep 23 1998.

• extremely unattractive.

  Man, you hooked up with some broke bitch when you were drunk last night.

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  Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by will m. from Kansas City, MO, USA on Oct 08 2001.

• Out of style, used to be the trend, i.e., mullet hair cuts or leg warmers.

  When grandma was younger, that broke jacket was cool.

  Last edited on Feb 22 2003. Submitted by Angie W. from Seattle, WA, USA on Feb 22 2003.

• unacceptable. a synonym for "busted."

  This food is broke. She's got a nice body, but her face is broke as hell.

  Last edited on Feb 26 2003. Submitted by Chad B. from Brooklyn, NY, USA on Feb 26 2003.

• to get messed up

  I got broke when I crashed on my skateboard.

  Last edited on Mar 24 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 07 2004.

• out of money.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
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  Last edited on Jul 21 2011. Submitted by Anonymous from Okotoks, AB, Canada on Feb 09 2009.

adjective

• extremely horrendous, embarrassing or harsh. (Not slang, coming to English from Medieval Latin.)

  It was brutal when Stanford got knocked out of the Final Four.

  Dude, that was a brutal way to break up with your girlfriend!

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Jan 23 2012. Submitted by Alli Henry from Palo Alto, CA, USA on Apr 18 1998.

• knowingly doing other than what is right.

  The teacher say don't talk, but I'm bucking!

  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on May 20 2010.

• to steal.

  Don't get in here tryin' ta buck nothing, cause you going to jail.

  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on May 20 2010.

• to get away; leave.

  You better buck before they get here.

  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on May 20 2010.

• to do what a person wants to do.

  Chick just came through the door bucking off rip.

  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by M. Dollaz from Palatka, FL, USA on May 20 2010.

adjective

• unattractive.

  That girl is buck.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by John R. from New York, NY, USA on Apr 03 1998.

• naked.

  Don't come in - I'm buck.

  • See more words with the same meaning: naked, unclothed, to disrobe.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by jackson s. from Brandon, SD, USA on Feb 07 2002.

noun

• a dollar. Possibly from buck (male deer) skins, sometimes used as trade in the American Old West.

                                   
  
                          
  
                                                    
  
                            
  
                                           
  
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  Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by John from Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK on May 07 2002.

• 100 dollars.

  Person A: Do you need any cash for tonight?
  
  Person B: I'm good; I've got a buck.

  That bike is going to cost you a buck fifty ($150).

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  Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by Crispy from Durango, CO, USA on Nov 13 2004.

• 100 pounds in weight.

  He weight about a buck fifty.

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  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 28 2009.

• 100 of anything.

  I was doing a buck fifty (150 MPH) when I got pulled over.

  Last edited on May 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 19 2010.

• one minute.

  There's a buck thirty left here in the fourth quarter of the ball game.

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  Last edited on Oct 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 22 2011.

verb

• to shoot with a firearm.

  Why ain't you buckin', son?

                                                                                                              
  
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  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by ikon from CA, USA on Jan 19 2002.

• to fight.

  Joe and Peter were bucking.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Brian from Michigan, USA on Feb 08 2005.

• to strive for.

  I'm still bucking for a promotion.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Hagan, B. on Jul 27 2006.

• to have sex.

  I am bucking the blonde lass not the ginger because she is liftin'.

  Last edited on Mar 19 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 18 2013.

adjective

• unattractive.

  That girl was buckled!

  • See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly.

  Last edited on Jun 20 1998. Submitted by b. w. from Temecula, CA, USA on Jun 20 1998.

• Extremely unattractive; far from appealing. Origin: Shortened version of "butt ugly."

  That mustard yellow car is just plain bugly!

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  Last edited on Jul 29 2002. Submitted by Walt K. from Gander, NL, Canada on Jul 29 2002.