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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiv
Noun
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
Noun
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And there was Fred Raskin, Gunn’s longtime cutter who worked on all the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Gunn’s DC series Peacemaker.
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The Coast Guard cutter Eagle eased into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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