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How to pronounce “shiv”
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Pronunciation guide for shiv
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shiv with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Definition summary
- (slang, countable) A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (slang, countable) A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- (uncountable) A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, slang) To stab (someone) with a shiv.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
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