brick it

verb

To be scared; to be terrified.

“The first time I performed in public I was bricking it.”

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Meanings

verbbrick it (third-person singular simple present bricks it, present participle bricking it, simple past and past participle bricked it)

present singular third person bricks it · participle present bricking it · participle past bricked it · past bricked it

  1. slangvulgarTo be scared; to be terrified.

    The first time I performed in public I was bricking it.

    2 more examples

    I always replied with a casual and breezy ‘Iʼll be fine,’ but deep down I was bricking it.

    2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 70

    I felt in control, but regardless, when the snow started coming over and it got dark/harder to breathe, I was bricking it and I thought I might die.

    2022 July 11, Harry Taylor, quoting Harry Shimmin, “British tourists survive avalanche in Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
piss oneself

Origin

Related to shit a brick.

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APA

brick it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20it

MLA

“brick it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20it. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brick it,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20it.

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