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shiv

noun

ˈshiv

Definition of shiv

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 The lollipop stick becomes a deadly shiv as Neeson rips them apart. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for shiv

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In a video obtained by TMZ, a man the outlet identified as Perez is shown taking out a large butcher’s knife from his black sweatshirt pocket.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Georgia’s Kirby Smart took notice of Columbia’s sophomore Swiss Army knife, a versatile prospect able to line up just about anywhere.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

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