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shaft

noun / verb

Meaning

  1. nounThe entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
  2. verbTo fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

    Example: Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.

  3. nounThe long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

    Example: Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None

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