noun
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A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
definition
A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
verb
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To stab someone with a shiv.
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(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
Examples of shiv in a Sentence
One of the main organizations leading these protests, both in the courts and on the streets, was called Shiv Sena.
I don't want to screw around and play against the big leagues in Philadelphia; all your friends with the crazy middle names like, 'The Shiv' and 'The Hunchback' and 'Three Fingers'—really neat nicknames like that.
One SHIV used in monkeys and mutated into a pathogen so powerful that it kills rhesus macaques in weeks [9] .
These results show that co-expression of IL-5 stimulates SHIV replication in vitro.
You will use a variety of weapons, including a shiv, grenades, and many types of guns.