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Shaft

/ʃɑːft/

The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

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📖 Definitions of "Shaft"

noun

1
The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
2
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
"Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered."
3
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
4
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.

verb

1
To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
"Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that."
2
To equip with a shaft.
3
To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
"Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."

🔄 Synonyms of "Shaft"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
beamnoun	(ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
toolnoun	Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
jibenoun	A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
slamnoun	(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
chicanenoun	(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
barbnoun	(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
dicknoun	(countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
spearnoun	A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
peckernoun	Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
chousenoun	(US, of cattle) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
ray of lightnoun	(physics) A path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
lancenoun	A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
shotverb	Tired, weary.
peternoun	The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
raynoun	A beam of light or radiation.
quillnoun	A pen made from a feather.
cheatverb	(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
jockeynoun	One who rides racehorses competitively.
diaphysisnoun	(anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone.
light beam	A light beam or beam of light is a directional projection of light energy radiating from a light source.
beam of light	the second full-length album by the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock, released on May 28, 2008.
rotating shaftnoun	a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
shaft of lightnoun	a column of light (as from a beacon)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shaft"

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Word	Definition
spearnoun	A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
lancenoun	A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
barbnoun	(figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
peckernoun	Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
toolnoun	Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
pricknoun	A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
beamnoun	A broad smile.
dignoun	An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
jockeynoun	One who rides racehorses competitively.
slamnoun	(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
raynoun	A beam of light or radiation.
ray of lightnoun	(physics) A path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
shotnoun	The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
dicknoun	(countable, vulgar, slang, derogatory, offensive) A contemptible or obnoxious person; a jerk; traditionally, especially, a male jerk.
cheatnoun	(countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
chousenoun	(obsolete) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
chicanenoun	(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
gibenoun	Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). [A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.]
jibenoun	A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.