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verb - transitive

• something that gets on your nerves or bugs you. "it gives you the red ass." that just chaps my ass. "red ass."

  You give me the red ass.

  Last edited on Jan 13 2000. Submitted by NICK L. from Memphis, TN, USA on Jan 13 2000.

• treated unfairly or harshly.

  He was given the shaft.

  He was shafted.

  Last edited on May 21 1999. Submitted by JoAnn from Denver, CO, USA on May 21 1999.

verb - transitive

• to reject or diss someone.

  I gave him the shaft.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to reject, ignore.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2018. Submitted by Tommi R. from New York, NY, USA on Sep 22 1998.

• to reject.

  Margaret gave me the shaft for the prom.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to reject, ignore.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2018. Submitted by J.T. S. from Fremont, CA, USA on Apr 26 1999.

• to give someone the shaft is to ignore them or not talk to them, also could be refusing to give someone a kiss or putting someone down

  John just gave me the shaft!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to reject, ignore.

  Last edited on Nov 04 1999. Submitted by Stacy from Vermont, USA on Nov 04 1999.

• shaft (n.) - crap, nothing; almost always prefaced by "the", ex.: We waited in line for 5 hours, but when we got to the desk we got the shaft.

  Last edited on Apr 04 2002. Submitted by John P. from Provo, UT, USA on Apr 04 2002.

notes

• See also get the shaft.

  Last edited on Jan 31 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 31 2012.