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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
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- 2
A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
verb
- 1
To stab someone with a shiv.
- 2
(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
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