adj, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of shaft form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Fitted with a shaft.
2. 2
   Having a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.

   "Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards."

3. 3
   Cheated; screwed; ripped off. Ireland, UK, slang

Synonyms

All synonyms

beamquillscrewboycockboydickabuse

Example

More examples

"Japan feels it got shafted in the negotiations."

Related phrases

red-shafted flickeryellow-shafted flickerripped off

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