A fork of Rural Dictionary
Extremely surprised; shocked and unbalanced.
After his revelation, Jane stared at Edward, poleaxed.
This is the state you end up in after downing fifteen pints and a couple of whiskey chasers. Thanks to the definition above I am never drinking fifteen pints again, just in case I am they are linked
after slaughtering the contents of the beer Keg, he was totally pole-axed...
To own completely and totally. Usually involves violence.
Does not necessarily involve medieval weaponry.
The next person who calls me Con-Con gets poleaxed!
A condition that occurs after drinking your own bodyweight in vodka and ending up going home with a polish guy you never met before
Emma: Jesus! You look terrible! And where the hell were you last night?
Becca: Drank vodka redbulls for almost 10 hours after work yesterday, ended up at my lucky pub and woke up this morning with an Eastern European plumber somewhere in Tottenham...
Emma: Poleaxed?
Becca: Totally...
On the American frontier, a woodworker began at the source of his material - the tree. He made his own lumber from scratch with two axes: a poleax to fell the tree and make rough kerfs in the log, and a broadax to slice away wood between kerfs and square the sides. The poleax has a straight handle and a head weighing about 4 1/2 pounds, while the broadax has a curved handle (to keep knuckles from being skinned on wood) and a heavier head.
The housewright used a poleax to fell the trees for his cabin.