shaft

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English sceaft, from Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schaft, German Schaft, Swedish skaft.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
shaft

Plural
shafts

shaft (plural shafts)

  1. The long narrow body of a spear or arrow
    Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered, Sam.
  2. A beam or ray of light
    Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
  3. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, or the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive.
    Dude, the baseball bat's shaft got broken by the amazing pitch!
  4. The main axis of a feather
    I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!
  5. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick
    Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
  6. A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft.
    Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
  7. A vertical or near-vertical cave passage.
  8. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
    Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
  9. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
    Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.
  10. A malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft”
    That bitch at work gave me the shaft, she ratted me out to the boss for being late!
  11. The main narrow part of the penis
    I grabbed his penis by the shaft and squeezed it hard to his grudging approval.

[edit] Translations

long narrow body of spear or arrow
  • Arabic: please add this translation if you can
  • Czech: násada cs(cs) f., dřík cs(cs) m.
  • Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: varsi fi(fi)
  • French: please add this translation if you can
  • German: Schaft de(de) m.
beam or ray of light
any long, thin object
main axis of a feather
lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick
long narrow passage sunk into the earth
vertical passage housing a lift
ventilation or heating conduit
malicious act
the shaft of the penis
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to shaft

Third person singular
shafts

Simple past
shafted

Past participle
shafted

Present participle
shafting

to shaft (third-person singular simple present shafts, present participle shafting, simple past and past participle shafted)

  1. (transitive) to equip something with a shaft
  2. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with someone
  3. (transitive, slang) To engage in a malicious act; to rip off, as in "He got shafted."

[edit] Translations

to equip with a shaft
slang: to have sexual intercourse
slang: to engage in a malicious act

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