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cheap shot vs shaft

shaft vs cheap shot

cheap shot and shaft both are nouns.

cheap shot is not a verb while shaft is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cheap shot Yes No No No
shaft Yes No Yes No
As nouns, shaft is a hypernym of cheap shot; that is, shaft is a word with a broader meaning than cheap shot:
  • cheap shot: an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person
  • shaft: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Other hypernyms of cheap shot include barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam.
cheap shot (noun) shaft (noun)
an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence the hollow spine of a feather
an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
the main (mid) section of a long bone
obscene terms for penis
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
a column of light (as from a beacon)
cheap shot (verb) shaft (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
equip with a shaft
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