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shiv

slang Primarily heard in US.

1. noun A knife or similar stabbing implement, especially one that is homemade or crudely fashioned. The prisoner was stabbed with a shiv made from the sharpened handle of a broken broom.

2. verb To cut or stab (someone) with such a weapon. Be careful if you mean to arrest him. Scum like him won't hesitate to shiv you with a blade hidden in the folds of their coats.

shiv

and chiv (ʃɪv)

1. n. a knife. (Underworld.) Swiftly and silently his shiv found its way up under Rocko’s ribs. All for a silly dame.

2. tv. to stab someone. (Underworld.) The boss told Joel Cairo to get Sam one way or the other—shiv him, burn him, clobber him—but get him.

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