shiv
(noun) a knife used as a weapon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shiv (plural shivs)
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.
• (improvised stabbing weapon): shank (slang)
shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved)
To stab someone with a shiv.
(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
• shank (slang)
• IHVS, IHVs
Shiv
A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
Shiv
A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.
• IHVS, IHVs
Source: Wiktionary
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
