Antonyms for shiv
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : shiv |
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪv |
Definition 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
- "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
Synonyms for shiv
- bayonet
- blade
- bolo
- brand
- carve
- chop down
- clip
- cut
- cutlass
- cutter
- cutting edge
- dagger
- edge
- hurt
- impale
- jag
- kill
- lacerate
- lance
- lancet
- machete
- open up
- pierce
- point
- ripper
- sabre
- scalpel
- scimitar
- scythe
- shank
- shiv
- sickle
- skewer
- skiver
- slash
- slice
- spit
- steel
- stick
- stiletto
- switchblade
- sword
- thrust
- tickler
- wound
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