noun
General Slang
shiv
· noun · prison
A makeshift stabbing weapon — prison-made blade.
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Definitions
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An improvised knife or razor — the classic prison weapon. Similar to a shank but the word 'shiv' often implies something more obviously blade-like: a smuggled razor, a sharpened piece of metal. Both noun ('he pulled a shiv') and verb ('he got shivved').
“Word on the block was somebody had a shiv with their name on it.”
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Verb: to stab someone with a shiv.
“He got shivved in the showers and nobody saw a thing.”
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shiv In A Sentence
Word on the block was somebody had a shiv with their name on it.
He got shivved in the showers and nobody saw a thing.
Origin & Usage
English thieves' cant from the 17th century, ultimately from Romani 'chiv' meaning blade. Adopted into US prison slang.
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