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Meaning of shiv

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shiv

Pronunciation:/ʃɪv//ʃɪv/

noun

Definitions

  1. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

  2. A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

verb

Definitions

  1. To stab someone with a shiv.

  2. (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.