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shivs

The correct spelling is shivs.

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noun

Say it like: Shi-vs

The correct spelling is shivs. 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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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
  2. 2.A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

verb

  1. 1.To stab someone with a shiv.
  2. 2.(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

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