shiv

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shiv Chimney walks them through using the shiv to slice down to the muscle along the girl’s leg. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024 The victim was sitting alone at a table when a man sneaked up behind him and pulled out a shiv from his waistband. Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024 For those of you uneducated about Star War Legos, in layman terms this means I was stabbed by a collection of Legos shaped like a prison shiv. Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024 When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side. EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shiv
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiv
Noun
  • Not all of her tips and tricks to staying fabulous involve undergoing a knife or needle though.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 June 2025
  • Trump’s entire economic agenda is sitting on a knife’s edge.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The Coast Guard also diverted the cutter Munro to the area, launched a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the air station in Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew in Adak.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025

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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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