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.

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

plural of shiv

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shiv

simple past tense and past participle of shiv

A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.

A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.

present participle of shiv

To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened. / (nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

The act of shivering. / (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.ᵂᵖ