noun🔗ShareCuchillo, cuchillo improvisadoA knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush)."During the schoolyard fight, a boy used a shiv made of a broken plastic ruler to defend himself. "Durante la pelea en el patio de la escuela, un niño usó un cuchillo improvisado hecho con una regla de plástico rota para defenderse.weaponitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEstopaA particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp."After processing the hemp fibers, farmers often use the leftover shiv as mulch for their gardens. "Después de procesar las fibras de cáñamo, los agricultores suelen utilizar la estopa sobrante como mantillo para sus jardines.agriculturematerialplantChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareApuñalar a alguien con un arma improvisadaTo stab someone with a shiv."In prison, inmates sometimes shiv each other during fights. "En prisión, los reclusos a veces se apuñalan entre sí con armas improvisadas durante las peleas.weaponactionpolicewarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareApuñalar a alguien con algo que no es un arma(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon."Desperate and angry, the prisoner shived his attacker with a sharpened toothbrush. "Desesperado y enfadado, el prisionero apuñaló a su atacante con un cepillo de dientes afilado.weaponactionpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
