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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A beam or ray of light
  • A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft.
  • A malicious act, as in ?to give someone the shaft?
  • 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.
  • A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
  • A vertical or near-vertical cave passage.
  • A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
  • axle
  • drive shaft
  • lacrosse The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick
  • The long narrow body of a spear or arrow
  • The main axis of a feather
  • The main narrow part of the penis

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Verb:

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

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