shiv
- Noun. A knife. Usually associated with a makeshift instrument fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- Noun. A woody by-product from processing flax or hemp.
- Noun. (computing) A shim, i.e. a small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- Verb. To stab someone with a shiv.
- Verb. By extension, to stab someone with anything not intended as a stabbing weapon.
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