# shafted

Pronunciation: US say "SHAFT-id" /ˈʃæftɪd/; UK say "SHAHFT-id" /ˈʃɑːftɪd/; AUS say "SHAHF-tid"

## Adjective

1. Cheated or treated unfairly; ripped off. *(slang, Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: Tricked or treated in an unfair way by someone.
   - _Forty quid for a phone case? You were proper shafted, mate._
   - _Season-ticket holders feel shafted after the club doubled prices over the summer._
3. Fitted with a shaft.
   - Simple: Having a shaft, which is a long thin part like a pole or handle.
   - _The cathedral's nave is lined with shafted piers of pale limestone._
   - _She traded her graphite-shafted irons for an older steel-shafted set._
4. Of a spear, ax, dagger or similar charge, having its shaft or handle in a stated tincture, typically one different from the head.
   - Simple: On a coat of arms, having a handle of a certain color, often not the same as the point or blade.
   - _The new arms were blazoned azure, a lance argent shafted or._
   - _In the crest, an armored arm grips a battle-ax proper, shafted sable._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of shaft. — simple past and past participle of shaft
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of shaft. It often means treated someone unfairly.
   - _He claims his business partner shafted him out of his share of the profits._
   - _Each arrow was shafted with straight-grained cedar before the feathers went on._

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