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Shiv

/ʃɪv/

A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

📖 Definitions of "Shiv"

noun
  1. 1

    A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

  2. 2

    A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

verb
  1. 1

    To stab someone with a shiv.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

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