# shafting

Pronunciation: US say "SHAFT-ing" /ˈʃæftɪŋ/; UK say "SHAHFT-ing" /ˈʃɑːftɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of shaft. — present participle and gerund of shaft
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of shaft. Use it for treating someone unfairly, or for fitting a tool with a handle or rod.
   - _Fans felt the league was shafting small-market teams in the new revenue deal._
   - _The pro shop charges extra for shafting custom drivers._

## Noun

2. The act of deceiving someone or treating them in a way that does them harm. *(slang)*
   - Simple: When someone tricks you or treats you badly in a way that hurts you.
   - _Small investors took a shafting when the company quietly changed the terms._
   - _Voters are fed up with the shafting they keep getting from both parties._
3. A system of connected shafts that transmits motion, for example from an engine to the machines it drives.
   - Simple: A set of joined turning rods that pass movement from one part of a machine to another.
   - _Overhead shafting, turned by a single steam engine, once powered every loom in the factory._
   - _The engineers replaced the worn shafting with individual electric motors._
4. Shafts considered collectively, as a set or a quantity of material.
   - Simple: Shafts taken together as a group, such as long thin sticks or rods.
   - _Straight shoots of dogwood make good shafting for arrows._
   - _The supplier stocks steel shafting in a dozen diameters._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shafting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).