Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shafted

/ʃˈæftɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: shaft-ed
IPA: /ʃˈæftɪd/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of shaft

adj

Fitted with a shaft.

adj

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

adj

Cheated; screwed (screwed over); ripped off.

Slang

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more shafted (comparative) most shafted (superlative)

Derived Forms

unshafted

Phrases

red-shafted flicker yellow-shafted flicker

Rhymes With

drafted crafted grafted redrafted rafted

Questions

How do you pronounce shafted?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈæftɪd/.
What does shafted mean?: simple past and past participle of shaft

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