Unscramble shafts

Definition of shaft

noun:

• a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'", "she threw shafts of sarcasm", "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets". Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam.
• a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
• a column of light (as from a beacon). Synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light.
• the main (mid) section of a long bone. Synonyms: diaphysis.
• obscene terms for penis. Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, tool.
• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. Synonyms: lance, spear.
• a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. Synonyms: scape.
• a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
• a revolving rod that transmits power or motion. Synonyms: rotating shaft.
• the hollow spine of a feather. Synonyms: calamus, quill.

verb:

• equip with a shaft.
• defeat someone through trickery or deceit. Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw.

Related words

arbor, assagai, assegai, axle, camshaft, crankshaft, downcast, driveshaft, javelin, mandrel, mandril, moonbeam, spindle, sunbeam, sunray, thill, trident, well.

Words nearby

haft, shift.

Rhymes with

aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, graft, haft, kraft, raft, redraft, taft.