"Deft" the verb: what does it mean?

[Erana]

Recently, my banana was defted. I don't know what it is to deft a piece of fruit, nor did the perpetrator.
Therefore, I decided to find out what it means. After looking at dictionaries, I have come to a conclusion:
Deft as a verb has no meaning.

Therefore, I took the logical step and have set out to create a meaning.
I have also determined, by the same logic, that Deft is a heteronym of deft, the adjective.

So, what is it? I know this action is legal, is something one can do with the body, like a gesticulation or a bow, able to be performed in public, and can be done to a banana. (And not be a sexual maneauver, you dirty-minded mister, you...)

And the thing is, I know there's an action out there that fits defting. something that fits perfectly as a sort of onomatopoeia. What do you think?
(And LaCoil insists that this be a discursive rather than list-type thread, so if my post is not conducive enough to make chatter, please suggest a way for me to improve upon this.)

 

[McKay]

Deft as an adjective means to be able to do something with great skill (also see : dexterous, nimble and skillful). I always thought the verb form would be deftly, but I think that's still an adjective.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

So, what is it?

Well, from my view, Deft means catlike, graceful, accurate and words of that ilk; but I do know a word etymologist so I'll give them a call...be back later.

 

[Scary_Bob]

Deft as an adjective means to be able to do something with great skill (also see : dexterous, nimble and skillful). I always thought the verb form would be deftly, but I think that's still an adjective.

Deftly sounds like an adverb to me.
The adjective form of deft as described above is the only one I know.

 

[Outofideas]

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Deft as an adjective means to be able to do something with great skill (also see : dexterous, nimble and skillful). I always thought the verb form would be deftly, but I think that's still an adjective.

Adverb, actually.

OT: Working on the onomatopoiea angle, I can't help but think that 'deft' sounds like the sound something heavy makes when thrown in a fresh trash bag, but that might be a little specific for making a new word.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Yep. confirmed. Detly is an adverb. Deft is an adjective. Deft as a verb doesn't really exist but can be assumed to mean something done gracefully, so deft as a verb is probably something like pickpocketing. ("Defting" seems to work) Or in a more positive way performing something skillfully, like magic.

 

[Abedeus]

Hmm. Then I guess your banana was either pickpocketted or peeled with grace.

Still, sounds dumb.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

In the context of food though...I don't think defted derives from deft. I know there are defted soyabeans, and I suspect its a form of Engrish, as I can only find it in context with Oriental food.

The other etymological route would be via defective...but still that seems to make little sense.

AHA!!! I think I have it. What it looks like is Engrish for "defatted", which would seem to fit. There's also an Engrish of it being mixed up with "defying", as in "AGE DEFTING/DEFYING"

There's also shortening of defeating.

So.....overall...I think it means nothing more than a mistranslation.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

could be it something as simple as someone not knowing what they were talking about and wrote the wrong word or used a word they decided to sound smart and ended up using the wrong word?

 

[Starnerf]

I like the idea of it meaning pickpocketing. But if you know your banana was defted, surely you must now what happened to cause the deft in question. How was the banana different after the defting process? And if the perpetrator didn't know what it was, how did you know it was defted at all?