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The correct spelling is shaft.
How to pronounce shaft
/ʃɑːft/
nounIPA: /ʃɑːft/
Say it like: Sha-ft
The correct spelling is shaft. The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow. For example: "Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered."
Usage Examples
“Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.”
“Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?”
“I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
- 2.The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- 3.(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- 4.Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
- 5.A beam or ray of light.
verb
- 1.To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
- 2.To equip with a shaft.
- 3.To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
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