noun Slang.
a knife, especially a switchblade.
Origin:
1665–75; perhaps alteration of chiv blade < Romany
1665–75; perhaps alteration of chiv blade < Romany
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chiv or slang shiv (tʃɪv, ʃɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a knife |
| —vb , chivs, chivving, chivved, shivs, shivving, shivved | |
| 2. | to stab (someone) |
| [C17: perhaps from Romany chiv blade] | |
| shiv or slang shiv | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: perhaps from Romany chiv blade] | |
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| shiv (ʃɪv) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of chiv | |
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shiv
"a razor," 1915, variant of chive, thieves' cant word for "knife" (1673), of unknown origin.
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shiv definition[ʃɪv]and chiv
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