brick breaker

noun

A game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.

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Meanings

nounbrick breaker (plural brick breakers)

plural brick breakers · alternative brick-breaker

  1. video gamesA game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.

    Synopsis: New port: games/tecnoballz, a brick breaker (Arkanoid-like game)

    2005, Jean-Yves Lefort, “ports/76484: New port: games/tecnoballz, a brick breaker”, in mailing.freebsd.ports-bugs (Usenet)
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    A brick-breaker kind of game featuring musical symbols (rests and notes), an elephant, and a ball!

    2000, NewestShareware.com, “NewestShareware.com Issue #105”, in alt.comp.shareware (Usenet)

    Synonyms: brick-buster

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.

Similar
brick-buster
Also see
brick-buster
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APA

brick breaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20breaker

MLA

“brick breaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20breaker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brick breaker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20breaker.

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