In agreement with the first poster to this term, bricking is commonly used in the electronics industry by software developers when updating a piece of hardware with a software update that renders the hardware useless after the update.
Examples of bricking:

I just updated the set top box and I bricked it.

I just got my itouch/iphone can't wait to jailbreak it. (a few hours later) "Oh Sh*t I just bricked it!"
by ricbax May 17, 2009
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1. V. Rendering a piece of technology unfunctional, in all practicality making it useless, as in a brick

2. V. Representing an object or form using LEGO (or generic) bricks
I'd like to jailbreak my iPhone, but I'm afraid of accidentally bricking it - I can't be without a working iPhone.

My bedroom floor will be covered in LEGO bricks until I finish bricking myself a LEGO model of that wonderful building I saw today.
by addnoobwords January 22, 2009
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When Apple makes your iphone useless by "updating" it
Moreover, said the suit, Apple violated consumers' rights by "bricking" unlocked iPhones with the 1.1.1 update it issued a week and a half ago.
by Bissellator October 8, 2007
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takeing a huge dump in someone's house that isn't yours
where's john?
he is fuckin' bricking right now, that bastard can't hold it in
by angel face August 27, 2004
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When you tie a rope around a mas penis (not the testicles) and the other end to a brick, and let it hang. used as plesure or to try to lengthen the penis.
Dude i was bricking for like and hour and now my dick hurts soooo much.
by Shun July 21, 2004
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While you are having anal sex, you get the girl to take a shit.
Last weekend, I was fucking a girl in the ass, and she pooped a brick at the same time. Now that's bricking.
by Carl Jr. January 23, 2007
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the process of putting up walls to avoid emotional interaction with others who tend to perturb.
that girl is bricking me because i make her feel uncomfortable

I'm bricking that bitch because i have no interest in absorbing any information shes disclosing

that black guy is bricking me because i just said something explicitly racist.
by Tredna flowershit March 1, 2012
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