as in knife
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
watch yourself in Cell Block 8, or you'll end up with a shiv in your back
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Recent Examples of shiv
Chimney walks them through using the shiv to slice down to the muscle along the girl’s leg.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
The victim was sitting alone at a table when a man sneaked up behind him and pulled out a shiv from his waistband.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
For those of you uneducated about Star War Legos, in layman terms this means I was stabbed by a collection of Legos shaped like a prison shiv.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side.
—EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
The victim was sitting alone at a table when a man sneaked up behind him and pulled out a shiv from his waistband.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
For those of you uneducated about Star War Legos, in layman terms this means I was stabbed by a collection of Legos shaped like a prison shiv.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side.
—EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiv
Noun
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In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history.—
Erin Quinlan,
Architectural Digest,
30 June 2025
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All four had been stabbed multiple times with a large knife.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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Brown will regain his role as the team’s backup floor general and will thrive as a cutter, screener, and transition player in his minutes with Jokic and Murray.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Grossman said initially the maker space was by appointment only, but now there are open hours where people can make things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter, sublimation machines to put a design on materials, a sewing machine, embroidery equipment and more.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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