shaft

  • 21shaft — I. n 1. the penis. A predictable but rare use of the standard term. 2a. a sex partner A good shaft. These usages are back formations from the verb. 2b. an act of sexual intercourse ► a quick shaft 3. the shaft an alternative form of a shafting.… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 22shaft — 1 noun 1 HANDLE (C) a long handle on a tool, spear etc 2 PASSAGE (C) a passage which goes up through a building or down into the ground, so that someone or something can get in or out: mine/elevator/ventilation shaft: a 300 foot elevator shaft 3… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23shaft — SYN: diaphysis. [A.S. sceaft] s. of clavicle [TA] the elongated, rodlike body of the clavicle. SYN: corpus claviculae [TA], body of clavicle. s. of femur [TA] the cylindrical s. of the thigh bone. SYN: corpus ossis femoris [TA], body of femur,… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 24shaft —    1. Vertical, or steeply inclined, sections of a cave passage, of enormously varied size. The world’s deepest known shaft is the entrance shaft of Brezno pod Velbom on the Kanin plateau, Slovenia; it is 501m deep, with no ledges. Much debate… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 25shaft — 1. noun /ʃɑːft,ʃæft/ a) The long narrow body of a spear or arrow Her hand slipped off the javelins shaft towards the spearpoint and thats why her score was lowered, Sam. b) A beam or ray of light …

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  • 26shaft — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, adit, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, antenna tower, arch, arrow, arrowhead, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, barb, barbican, barbule, barrel, barrow, base, beam, belfry …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27shaft —    1. (of a male)    to copulate with    The imagery is of the insertion of a spindle into a bore:     ... he was out drinking or shafting someone older and uglier than she was. (Sanders, 1977)    Less often as a noun:     Well, it was clear… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 28shaft — 1. noun 1) the shaft of a golf club Syn: pole, shank, stick, rod, staff; handle, hilt, stem 2) the shaft of a feather Syn: quill; Ornithology rachis 3) shafts of sunlight …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29shaft — 1. n. a bad deal; unfair treatment. □ He really gave me the shaft. □ It’s the shaft whenever you go into that place. 2. tv. to do wrong to someone. (See also shafted.) □ The jerk shafted me, but good. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 30Shaft — Шафт Shaft Жанр боевик В главных ролях Ричард Раундтри Длительность 106 мин …

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