All shaft synonyms
shaft
S s verb shaft
- bunco β a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- illude β to deceive or trick.
- hosing β an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- dupe β duplicate.
- illuded β to deceive or trick.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- bunking β a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- do a number on β a numeral or group of numerals.
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- bend the rules β to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
- gip β Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- welsh β to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
- gipped β Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- chouse β a person who deceives, defrauds, or tricks
- gipping β Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- cribbing β the action of one that cribs
noun shaft
- coalface β In a coal mine, the coalface is the part where the coal is being cut out of the rock.
- mandrel β a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- crosspiece β a transverse beam, joist, etc
- fulcrum β the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- arbour β An arbour is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- handgrip β the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- bod β A bod is a person.
- gulf β a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
- crus β the leg, esp from the knee to the foot
- helve β the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- lath β a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- helves β the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
- missile β an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- birch β A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- kingpin β Bowling. headpin. the pin at the center; the number five pin.
- hole β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- hilt β the handle of a sword or dagger.
- crossbar β A crossbar is a horizontal piece of wood attached to two upright pieces, for example a part of the goal in football.
- memorial β something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- boody β to sulk
- coverts β concealed; secret; disguised.
- cantilever β A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- arrow β An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: β. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
- barb β A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
- feather β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- calamus β any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus, some species of which are a source of rattan and canes
- well β in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.
- arbor β An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- doorpost β doorjamb.
- quill β one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- excavation β The action of excavating something, esp. an archaeological site.
- baluster β any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping