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Synonyms for shiv

Grammar : Noun, verb
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Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪv

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Définition of shiv

Origin :
  • "a razor," 1915, variant of chive, thieves' cant word for "knife" (1670s), of unknown origin.
  • As in knife : noun cutting tool
  • As in knife : verb stab with pointed tool
Example sentences :
  • "Haven't even got my shiv anymore, Frankie," Tiflin remarked, casually.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • And I don't think I want to have anything to do with that guy, do you, Shiv?
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Now that Shiv had mentioned it, Delancy recognized the fear that plagued him.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • He sells it cheap, and certainly it makes him fat as Shiv's own bull.
  • Extract from : « Kim » by Rudyard Kipling
  • As fast as his short bowed legs would carry him, he ran to the car and piled in beside Shiv.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Shiv speeded up to forty miles an hour as he rolled to the top of a little hill.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Shiv steered into the wash room, and the doors dropped back into place.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • Then Shiv whipped his wheel around for a short turn into the mouth of an alley.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
  • He gripped Shiv's shoulder convulsively, nearly sending his own car into the ditch by so doing.
  • Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various

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