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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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.
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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
Mac and Ray looked into history and found people to celebrate; Escola looked into history and found people to—metaphorically, of course—shiv.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
As Kyle Gibson came off the mound after the second inning Monday and again after the fifth, umpiring crew chief Dan Iassogna and colleague Andy Fletcher pulled him aside along the first-base line to check for Spider Tack, other sticky substances, nail files or — who knows — perhaps a shiv.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 June 2021
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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
Mac and Ray looked into history and found people to celebrate; Escola looked into history and found people to—metaphorically, of course—shiv.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
As Kyle Gibson came off the mound after the second inning Monday and again after the fifth, umpiring crew chief Dan Iassogna and colleague Andy Fletcher pulled him aside along the first-base line to check for Spider Tack, other sticky substances, nail files or — who knows — perhaps a shiv.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 June 2021
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“Shiv.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiv. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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