noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of shiv (“a knife”). alt-of, alternative, slang
2. 2
   The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
3. 3
   A cooper's tool used to make that section.

Verb

1. 1
   Alternative form of shiv. alt-of, alternative, slang

   "[…] he had heard Corkery say afterwards, 'It's me that chived him, see feel the knife, it's wet.'"

Synonyms

All synonyms

allium schoenoprasumcarvechefchibchingchives

Example

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"[…] he had heard Corkery say afterwards, 'It's me that chived him, see feel the knife, it's wet.'"

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