shaft

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

2shaft

verb

Definition of SHAFT

transitive verb
1
: to fit with a shaft
2
: to treat unfairly or harshly

Examples of SHAFT

  1. You really got shafted in that deal.

First Known Use of SHAFT

1611

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