shiv

Plural: shivs

Noun

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

Verb

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

Examples

He used a strategically placed SHIV to cut off his opponent’s access to the triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

Synonyms

chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk

Scrabble Score: 10

shiv: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
shiv: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shiv: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

shiv: valid Words With Friends Word