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shafting

shafting is the present participle and gerund of shaft.

Noun

shafting (countable and uncountable, plural shaftings)

Shafts collectively.
- Numerous excursions into the field proved to the author that stone axes were unsuitable for gathering shaftings of the proper diameter for arrows. Chopping resulted in long tapering ends […]1968, Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, volumes 38-40, page 232
A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
(slang) The act of deceiving or harming a person.

Meaning of shaft

Verb

shaft (third-person singular simple present shafts, present participle shafting, simple past and past participle shafted)

(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.
Synonyms:

abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff
(transitive) To equip with a shaft.
(slang, transitive) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
- Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.
Synonyms:

Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have

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Forms of shafting

plural	shaftings

Phrases with shafting

line shafting

Questions about shafting

What does shafting mean?: Shafting means shafts collectively.
What is shafting the present participle and gerund of?: Shafting is the present participle and gerund of shaft.
What part of speech is shafting?: Shafting is a noun.
What is the plural of shafting?: The plural of shafting is shaftings.

Words near shafting in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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