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Shaft

/ʃɑːft/

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

📖 Definitions of "Shaft"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 3

    (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

  4. 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. 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. 2

    To equip with a shaft.

  3. 3

    To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

    "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."

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