shiv

Meaning

Noun

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

1. To stab someone with a shiv.
2. To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

Synonyms

knife

🔪

cutter

shivaree

sticker

short sword

eating irons

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɪv/

Etymology

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).