shafted

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

battle-axe, danish, proper

VERB + SHAFTED

feels, got

SHAFTED + NOUN

gules, negotiations

PREP.

ADV.

downwards

Definitions

adj

Fitted with a shaft.

Having a shaft (or handle) of a specified tincture, typically different from the head.

Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.

[…] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.

Cheated; screwed; ripped off.

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Example Bank

Arms Azure, a hart's head cabossed and attired or, between the attires a dirk ppr. shafted gules, point downwards.

Wiktionary

[…] a dexter cubit arm, in armour, ppr., garnished or, gules, cinctured with a bracelet, sa., holding a Danish battle-axe, proper, shafted gules, garnished or, for WOLRICH.

Wiktionary

Japan feels it got shafted in the negotiations.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, shafted is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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