n (basketball|slang) A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
n (informal) A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
n (technology|slang) An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
n (context|firearms) a carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
n (poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
v (computing|_|slang) To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.