New York meaning
brick
Extremely cold, especially when describing the weather outside.
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Meaning
In New York slang, brick describes sharply cold weather. A speaker may say it is brick outside rather than saying it is freezing or bitterly cold.
Pronunciation and grammar
/brɪk/ · adjective
Informal regional slang.
How it is used
The term usually appears after forms of be, as in it's brick or it was brick this morning. It is especially associated with New York City and nearby urban speech, though its reach has expanded.
Examples
Local: It's brick outside, so bring gloves.
Plain English: It's extremely cold outside, so bring gloves.
Local: The platform was brick before sunrise.
Plain English: The platform was bitterly cold before sunrise.
Important context
This meaning is not the ordinary noun referring to a building material. Context and sentence structure make the weather sense clear.