shaftverb. defeat someone through trickery or deceit. Synonyms : cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw.

What is a shaft in a house?

building shaft means an enclosed vertical opening in a building or structure extending to two or more floors or levels, including an elevator, a ventilation shaft, a stairwell or a service shaft; Sample 1.

What does it mean to feel shafted?

/ʃæft/ to cheat or trick someone, or to treat someone unfairly: She was shafted by her agent over the film rights to her book.

What does give him the shaft mean?

To fire someone from a job or task. The new secretary is so rude—I need to give her the sack.

What does it mean to get Shafter?

To Get Shafted Meaning

Definition: For someone to be treated unfairly or badly by another person. In most cases, this phrase refers to someone experiencing unfair treatment rather than someone treating someone unfairly. It is possible to say both, however. I got shafted on the trade in of my car.

What is shaft use?

The term shaft usually refers to a component of circular cross-section that rotates and transmits power from a driving device, such as a motor or engine, through a machine. Shafts can carry gears, pulleys, and sprockets to transmit rotary motion and power via mating gears, belts, and chains.

How do shafts work?

The driveshaft is a spinning tube that transmits power from the engine to the back of the vehicle at the differential. It does this by transmitting the spinning power from front to back. The deliverance of torque from transmission to differential then transmits torque to the wheels so the vehicle can move.