shaft
verb/ʃɑːft/
/ʃæft/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shaft | /ʃɑːft/ /ʃæft/ |
| he / she / it shafts | /ʃɑːfts/ /ʃæfts/ |
| past simple shafted | /ˈʃɑːftɪd/ /ˈʃæftɪd/ |
| past participle shafted | /ˈʃɑːftɪd/ /ˈʃæftɪd/ |
| -ing form shafting | /ˈʃɑːftɪŋ/ /ˈʃæftɪŋ/ |
- shaft somebody to treat somebody unfairly or cheat themWord OriginOld English scæft, sceaft ‘handle, pole’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaft, German Schaft, and perhaps also to sceptre. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) were ‘fit with a handle’ and ‘send out shafts of light’.
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