Thesaurus results for SHIV

shiv

noun

ˈshiv

slang

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 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries offered the Capitol Hill equivalent of a shiv in the back when he was asked whether the Senate needed new leadership. —

Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025 Thursday, busy prosecutors in the turbulent SDNY office tried to stick a judicial shiv in Combs’ motion to suppress. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025 Imagine a world where Superman is stopping a bank robbery, but every weapon is packed with Kryptonite ammunition and every petty criminal carries a Kryptonite shiv. —

Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025 Chimney walks them through using the shiv to slice down to the muscle along the girl’s leg. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shiv

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Noun

Once the potato starts sprouting, gently twist off the slips or use a knife to cut them off.

— Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 31 May 2026
One of the teens used his pocket knife to defend himself when the armed men came after him and his friend.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2026