English Explanatory Dictionary

built like a brick shithouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
  2. Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body.
  3. (Of an object) Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough; overbuilt or overengineered.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 built like a brick shithouse.ogg En-au-built like a brick shithouse.ogg

Word forms

built like a brick shithouse

Etymology

From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks.

Synonyms

built like a brick outhouse built like a brick shipyard able-bodied athletic Atlantean beefy beefed out brawny brolic buff built built like a brick shithouse built like a tank buirdly burly Cyclopean deep-rooted dench diced fit gigantic Herculean hale hearty hench husky in shape jacked lusty like a giant refreshed made of iron muscular muscled muscleful ripped rugged sculpted sinewy strapping strong as a lion strong as a horse strong as an ox strong as brandy swole toned virile well-built well-fed well-knit wiry
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