shafty
/ˈʃæf.ti/
shafty adjective: having long and dense fibres.
Adjective
shafty (comparative shaftier, superlative shaftiest)
- Having long and dense fibres.
- In several of the flocks there is a most perfect shafty wool, and, although strong, is full of quality.1900, Alfred Hawkesworth, "Australasian Sheep & Wool.": A Practical and Theoretical Treatise, page 170
- It can, however, comb equally well the shaftiest of merinos and fine crossbreds, giving actually more intensive combing than the Noble comb1938, Textile Manufacturer
- Powerful, cool
- A Cadillac convertible is real cool or even shafty, and its driver, particularly if he be cat, or well-dressed, is cool Jonah.[1951, Newsweek
- And he drives a real shafty convertible!1952, Frank Murray, A Young Man's Fancy, Jam Handy
- Well-endowed; having a large penis.
- we invented rites and barbaric ceremonies, garlanded in flowers the shaftiest studs, proclaimed them Vicars of Christ on Earth, squeezed out the last drop of sacred liqueur from their cocks on unforgettable nights we evoked in mystic rapture[…]2005 11, Juan Goytisolo, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, City Lights Books, →ISBN, page 165
- Having visible feather shafts.
- A common fault is irregularity of hackle striping, many exhibits having the black stripe very much broken, and others have what is termed a "shafty" hackle.1932, The Feathered World Year Book
Noun
shafty (plural shafties)
- A bicycle that uses a driveshaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel.
- At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.1994, Cycle World Magazine, volume 33, number 1, page 49
Forms of shafty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | shaftier |
| superlative | shaftiest |
| alternative form | shaftie |
| Noun | |
| plural | shafties |
Origin of shafty
From shaft + -y.
Questions about shafty
- What does shafty mean?
- Shafty means having long and dense fibres.
- What part of speech is shafty?
- Shafty can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shafty?
- Shafty is pronounced /ˈʃæf.ti/.
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