• Slang for a knife or any other small cutting/stabbing weapon, often homemade; think inmates with sharpened toothbrushes.
    The act of utilising the aforementioned small cutting/stabbing weapon to cut/stab someone.


    Shiv meaning & definition 1 of Shiv.


  • A Home Made Knife made out of Anything but metal. Not to be confused with a Shank (a home made knife made of metal).
    Shivs are usually made of Glass, Wood, or Scrap Plastic
    Shived- To be stabbed by a Shiv

    Shiv meaning & definition 2 of Shiv.


  • A shiv is a weapon made out of an commonplace object often in prison, also perhaps the origin of which is as a acronym a Self Honed Implement of Violence (SHIV).

    Shiv meaning & definition 3 of Shiv.


  • A rowdy, street-smart playboy. Has anger management issues. Shivs are normally the type of people who seem a bit phony and fake at first, but once u get to know them u wanna stay with them. Beware though. A shiv will probably ditch u the moment he finds something Better.

    Shiv meaning & definition 4 of Shiv.


  • It another type of move with a knife. Shanking is stabing. SHIVING is slashing or cutting.

    Shiv meaning & definition 5 of Shiv.


  • shit, because t-9 wont let you type shit and youre too lazy to do it yourself.

    Shiv meaning & definition 6 of Shiv.


  • A portmanteau of make shift and knife (or knives), used to describe a homemade weapon made up of objects one would find in a prison that is not metallic.

    Shiv meaning & definition 7 of Shiv.

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