shiv

slang

Example Sentences

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for shiv
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiv
Noun
  • Just four minutes later, Decarlos Brown, the passenger behind her, dug into the fold of his clothes and took out what appeared to be a knife.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Zarutska began scrolling on her phone and after a few minutes the man pulled out a knife and stabbed her.
    Danielle Wallace , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Healy has been patrolling the Arctic alongside the national security cutter USCGC Waesche since Saturday.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These include American Tanto, sheepfoot, serrated and saw blade options, as well as unconventional choices like a comb and can opener/ruler/wrench/seatbelt cutter single-piece multitool.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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