noun Download 🔗Share A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush). Examples : "During the schoolyard fight, a boy used a shiv made of a broken plastic ruler to defend himself. " weapon item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp. Examples : "After processing the hemp fibers, farmers often use the leftover shiv as mulch for their gardens. " agriculture material plant Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To stab someone with a shiv. Examples : "In prison, inmates sometimes shiv each other during fights. " weapon action police war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon. Examples : "Desperate and angry, the prisoner shived his attacker with a sharpened toothbrush. " weapon action police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
