Definitions

shiv

[shiv] / ʃɪv /

NOUN

knife

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bayonet blade cutter dagger machete scalpel sickle skewer sword

STRONG

bolo cutlass edge lance lancet point ripper sabre scimitar scythe shank steel stiletto switchblade tickler

WEAK

cutting edge skiver

VERB

knife

Synonyms

STRONG

brand carve clip cut hurt impale jag kill lacerate lance pierce shank slash slice spit stick thrust wound

WEAK

chop down open up

Antonyms

STRONG

aid cure heal help

Example Sentences

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If that is true, then we should have known Kendall, Roman and Shiv were never going to pull out a victory at the end of “Succession,” whether individually or as a team.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

“I don’t think he wanted to give it to any of us,” Shiv says, finally landing on the truth of the matter.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

“I love you. Really, I love you,” Shiv tells Kendall moments before she kills his dream of attaining absolute power.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Neither he nor Roman and Shiv believe a word of it – “the belle of the ball,” Roman snarks, matched by Shiv’s “death becomes her” jab.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2023

Shiv speeded up to forty miles an hour as he rolled to the top of a little hill.

From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various

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