n. 1
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.
n. 2
Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
v. 1
To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.
v. 2
To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.

Related words

Phrases: ventilation shaft air shaft elevator shaft equivalent shaft horsepower propeller shaft shaft encoder ventilating shaft radial shaft seal

Forms

Plural: shafts → cocks, tongues, peckers, tools…
Past participle: shafted
e.g. shafted → jockeyed, cheated, chicaned, choused…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: ray¹, dig¹
4 letters: shot¹, dick¹, tool¹, fill¹, cock¹, pole¹, beam¹, slam¹, bolt¹, barb¹, jibe¹, putz¹, gibe¹
5 letters: knock¹, screw¹, cheat¹, drill¹, arrow², trunk¹, lance¹, spear¹, prick¹, spire¹, quill¹
6 letters: handle², tongue¹, pillar², jockey², pecker, rachis, chouse
7 letters: harness², obelisk, chicane
11 letters: irradiation⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arrow² = 2 syllables).