like a ton of bricks

: any of various units of weight:

: short ton — see Weights and Measures Table

: metric ton

: the prevailing fashion : vogue

: the quality or state of being smart or fashionable

: a handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular and about 2¹/₄ × 3³/₄ × 8 inches (57 × 95 × 203 millimeters) and of moist clay hardened by heat

: a good-hearted person

: a rectangular compressed mass (as of ice cream)

: to close, face, or pave with bricks

: to render (an electronic device, such as a smartphone) nonfunctional (as by accidental damage, malicious hacking, or software changes)

: to miss (a shot) very badly : to throw up a brick on (a shot) (see ¹brick 6)