Define Shiv Meaning

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.

Hey, grab your shiv and lets shank his ass.
By Trula
Shiv
a home-made weapon used for CUTTING, not stabbing. a sharpened tooth-brush is not a shiv, that is a shank, which is used for stabbing.

guy 1:"i got cornered on my last day in prison, i was lucky i had my shiv!"
guy 2:"oh sweet! im going to jail soon, how do you make one?"
guy 1:"take a razor blade and a lighter in with you, then melt the blade to your toothbrush."
By Shir
Shiv
1. knife or blade(noun)

2. stab(verb)

shiv or chiv is English 20th century slang, prob from earlier Thieves' slang "chive" meaning knife, derived from Romany.

He's got a shiv=he's shivved up
she shivved him= she stabbed him
By Clemence
Shiv
Type of gods name. Shiv: king of all gods

Shiv: always happy ,very powerful , nice ,kind , easy to talk to, has a lot of power , always there if you need help , good looking and respectful

Shiv is the most powerful name
By Eloisa
Shiv
to thrust towards someone or somthing with a blunt, rusty, serrated knife.

By Ertha
Shiv
another way of saying 'shit' in a more pleasant and more polite manner. also another word t9 will spell when typing in shit.

"shiv chubi, you hella scared me."
By Anitra
Shiv
According to the power that is the T9 mobile phone dictionary, the definition of shiv must be, "Of less than acceptable quality"

That car is a pile of shiv
By Velvet
Shiv

He's not a troll, he's a shiv.
By Renell
Shiv
A device or tool used to unlock a lock without using a key

the police officer openned my car door with a shiv
By Joceline
Shiv
Easily mistaken for shit in predictive text. Also, much better than shit.

ME: AHH holy shiv!

YOU: Wtf? Shiv?

ME: Much better than shit.
By Olva