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[Noun] | "shaft" | \ ˈshaft \
1: the long handle of a spear or similar weapon
2: spear, lance
3: pole; specifically : either of two long pieces of wood between which a horse is hitched to a vehicle
Origin: before 12th century ;
Middle English, from Old English sceaft; akin to Old High German scaft shaft, Latin scapus shaft, stalk, Greek skēptesthai to prop oneself, lean;
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[Noun] | "shaft horsepower"
1: horsepower transmitted by an engine shaft
Origin: 1908 ;
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[Noun] | "butt shaft"
1: a target arrow without a barb
Origin: circa 1595 ;
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[Noun] | "the shaft"
1: harsh or unfair treatment —usually used with give or get
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[Verb] | "shaft"
1: to fit with a shaft
2: to treat unfairly or harshly
Origin: 1611 ;
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[Noun] | "shaft"
1: a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object;
* e.g., " ... shafts of late-afternoon sunlight pierced the blinds and streaked the floor "
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2: a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade;
* e.g., " ... the footmen set their shafts so as to form a bank of steel against the enemy's charging cavalry "
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3: unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this;
* e.g., " ... the homeowners who were bought out are convinced they got the shaft in that deal "
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# 1 - { shaft:302870 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: To get screwed over.
* e.g., ... I got shafted when I went to the mall to buy my clothes.
# 2 - { shaft:6011 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: A black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks.
* e.g., ... Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft in Shaft.
[ "shaft" ]
2: The man that would risk his neck for his brother man
[ "shaft" ]
3: The cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about.
[ "shaft" ]
4: A Bad Mother--
[ "shaft" ]
5: A complicated man, no one understands him but his woman.
[ "shaft" ]
6: John Shaft.
# 3 - { shaft:1955471 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: n. A place where minerals are mined.
* e.g., ... (1) I dug 25 pounds of gold in that mine shaft yesterday.
[ "shaft" ]
2: n. Slang for penis, especially that of large and hard status.
* e.g., ... (2) Damn! Put that shaft away.
# 4 - { shaft:412367 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: the bit before the bellend
* e.g., ... she got my whole shaft in her mouth!
# 5 - { shaft:995720 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: shäft, n anything long and straight; a stem; an arrow; a missile (esp fig); the main, upright, straight, or cylindrical part of anything; the part of a cross below the arms; the part of a column between the base and the capital; the rachis of a feather; the thill of a carriage on either side of the horse; a straight handle; a pole; a ray or beam of light; a rotating rod that transmits motion; a well-like excavation or passage; the penis (coarse slang); a woman’s body (purely as sexual object) (US coarse slang). — vt to have sexual intercourse with (a woman) (coarse slang); to dupe, swindle, treat unfairly (slang). — adj shaft’ed. — n shaft’er or shaft’-horse a horse harnessed between shafts. — n shaft’ing the action of the verb in either sense; a system of shafts. — adj shaft’less. — make a shaft or a bolt of it to venture and take what comes of it, the shaft and the bolt being the arrows of the longbow and the crossbow respectively.
* e.g., ... "Jack was gonna go and party with us. Apparently he's one pure sonofabitch and went out with his girlfriend. It was one unforgiven shaft of his"
# 6 - { shaft:323222 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: A word that is usually followed by the phrase "Can you dig it?"
* e.g., ... Shaft-"Can you dig it?"
# 7 - { shaft:312866 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: being treated badly at work
* e.g., ... You may not be surprised, but I got the fuckin' shaft at work today. Nothing like working another 20 hr day.
# 8 - { shaft:130442 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: when a person ditches their friends for someone they think is more important
* e.g., ... A.M.'s friends are being shafted because of her boyfriend she doesn't even like!
# 9 - { shaft:2912 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: dick, or the ver "to fuck"
* e.g., ... "i wanna show that girl my shaft (see "rambo dick") and shaft her in every orifice"
# 10 - { shaft:11685516 }
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[ "shaft" ]
1: to be ignored by someone, to be dissed
* e.g., ... did that a girl you were talking to finally open your snapchat? yeah but she shafted me.
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