shaft
To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treacheryTo fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
» Tom fell down the mine shaft.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(slang, transitive)To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.
hereinlegen, übervorteilen, bemogeln
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
(transitive)To equip with a shaft.
equip with a shaft
(slang, transitive)To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.
bumsen, ficken
Examples
41 sentencesTom fell down the mine shaft.
This shaft links with a piston.
deDie Welle ist mit einem Kolben verbunden. — Espi
Tom fell down an elevator shaft.
ruТом упал в шахту лифта. — al42and · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ziri fell into a mine shaft.
Ziri finally found the mine shaft.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English chafte, saft, scaft, schaft, schafte, scheft, shaffet, shaft, from OldFrom Middle English chafte, saft, scaft, schaft, schafte, scheft, shaffet, shaft, from Old English sċeaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“club, rod, shaft, staff”).
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Forms
shafts, shafting, shafted, shaftedSynonyms
114 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.