shiv
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Etymology [edit]
First attested 1665–1675, probably from Romani chiv (“blade”).
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Noun [edit]
shiv (plural shivs)
- A knife. Usually associated with a makeshift instrument fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- A woody by-product from processing flax or hemp.
- (computing) A shim, i.e. a small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
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Verb [edit]
shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved)
- To stab someone with a shiv.
- By extension, to stab someone with anything not intended as a stabbing weapon.
Translations [edit]
stab
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