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bricking 

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!"
bricking by ricbax May 17, 2009
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bricking 

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.
bricking by addnoobwords January 21, 2009

bricking 

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.
bricking by Bissellator October 23, 2007

bricking 

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
bricking by angel face August 26, 2004

bricking 

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.
bricking by Shun July 20, 2004

bricking 

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.
bricking by Carl Jr. January 26, 2007

Bricking 

Bricking is a term used when someone does not respond to anything you say or do, they turn into a brick.
Bricking is when you send someone multiple messages and they don't reply, they turn into a brick.
Bricking by jeff451 September 7, 2014