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
  • In the aftermath of Plan B, Conrad twists the knife, and Fisk has a realization: this is war.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Officers were able to wrestle the knife away from Allwood without anyone being hurt.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The most notable change from a spectators point of view was the swapping of the cutter and changeup as his second-most used pitch.
    Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Earlier this year, the Coast Guard cutter Waesche offloaded more than 37,000 pounds of cocaine seized from smuggling boats off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America between December and February.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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