shiv

== English == === Alternative forms === chib, chiv (Scotland, Geordie) shive === Etymology === First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɪv/ Rhymes: -ɪv === Noun === shiv (countable and uncountable, plural shivs) (slang, countable) A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). Synonym: (slang) shank (uncountable) A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. ==== Derived terms ==== shivvy ==== Translations ==== === Verb === shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved) (transitive, slang) To stab (someone) with a shiv. Synonyms: jab, (slang) shank; see also Thesaurus:stab (transitive, slang, by extension) To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === IHVS, IHVs