poleaxed

extremely surprised; shocked and unbalanced.
after his revelation, jane stared at edward, poleaxed.
to be hit with extreme force causing loss of balance and in extreme cases injury and/or in some cases death.
oh, did you see jimmy? he poleaxed himself when he ran into that wall.
paraletic, really really really drunk. past steaming, sh-t-faced. ur gonna have a major hangover tomorrow!
“what are you doing tonight”
“i’m gonna get pole-axed”
pole axed

the pole axe was a weapon used in medeival england. it was literally an axe atop a long pole. originally the term meant to be killed with such a weapon; it later came to mean being violently killed with any such weapon or instrument.
when the running back was h-t by the middle linebacker, he went down like he’d been pole axed.
the term used for drinking way too much and getting completely f-cked!
guy 1:lolz yeah lachies p-ssed out, looking over the toilet already.. and its f-cking 10:30 pm

guy 2:hahahaha

guy 1:yeah hes completely poleaxed, so we gonna go draw on him!
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 h-ll 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…