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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɪv/ Audio: En-au-shiv.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shiv.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shivs [plural], chib [alternative, Geordie, Scotland], chiv [alternative, Geordie, Scotland], shive [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪv Etymology: First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|rom|chive}} Romani chive Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shiv (countable and uncountable, plural shivs)
  1. (slang, countable) A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). Tags: countable, slang Synonyms: shank Translations (knife): mes (Dutch), omatekoinen veitsi (Finnish), surin [masculine] (French), estoque [masculine] (Portuguese), зато́чка (zatóčka) [feminine] (Russian), pincho [masculine] (Spanish), chuzo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shiv-en-noun-148ROXBF Categories (other): Weapons Disambiguation of Weapons: 34 9 30 27 Disambiguation of 'knife': 100 0
  2. (uncountable) A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shiv-en-noun-j9AaLhp~ Categories (other): Flax Disambiguation of Flax: 4 56 39 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shivvy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃɪv/ Audio: En-au-shiv.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shiv.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shivs [present, singular, third-person], shivving [participle, present], shivved [participle, past], shivved [past], chib [alternative, Geordie, Scotland], chiv [alternative, Geordie, Scotland], shive [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪv Etymology: First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|rom|chive}} Romani chive Head templates: {{en-verb|++,+}} shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved)
  1. (transitive, slang) To stab (someone) with a shiv. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-shiv-en-verb-hsXYbEFd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Weapons Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 70 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 12 57 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 61 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 80 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 11 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 12 62 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 10 64 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 9 69 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 11 65 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 9 69 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 7 73 13 Disambiguation of Weapons: 34 9 30 27 Synonyms: jab, shank [slang], chef [Multicultural-London-English], chib [UK, dialectal], ching [Multicultural-London-English], chive [obsolete], enthrill, foin [archaic], gore [obsolete], gride [obsolete], jab, job, juke [slang], kebab [slang], knifecrime [UK, humorous], lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach [obsolete], run through [idiomatic], shank [slang], shiv [slang], spear, speet [obsolete], splash [Multicultural-London-English], stab, stick [dialectal], stob, stog [UK, dialectal], thrust, yerk [archaic]
  2. (transitive, slang, by extension) To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon. Tags: broadly, slang, transitive Translations (stab with non-stabbing weapon): estocar (Portuguese), estoquear (Portuguese), пырну́ть (pyrnútʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shiv-en-verb-M7hthKMJ Categories (other): Weapons Disambiguation of Weapons: 34 9 30 27 Disambiguation of 'stab with non-stabbing weapon': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (stab): steken (Dutch), puukottaa (Finnish), suriner (French), accoltellare (Italian), пырну́ть зато́чкой (pyrnútʹ zatóčkoj) [neuter] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'stab': 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive, slang) To stab (someone) with a shiv."
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "stab",
      "word": "steken"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "stab with non-stabbing weapon",
      "word": "estocar"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "stab with non-stabbing weapon",
      "word": "estoquear"
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