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shiving

shiving is the present participle and gerund of shiv.

Meaning of shiv

Verb

shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved)

  1. (slang, transitive) To stab (someone) with a shiv.
    • Anyway, that's how Jimmie came to be shivved and left to bleed out in the shower.2016, Andrew Shaffer, The Day of the Donald, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN, page 6
  2. (broadly, slang, transitive) To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

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Questions about shiving

What is shiving the present participle and gerund of?
Shiving is the present participle and gerund of shiv.

Words near shiving in the dictionary

  1. shiverings
  2. shivers
  3. shiversome
  4. shivery
  5. shives
  6. shiving
  7. Shivini
  8. Shivite
  9. Shivites
  10. shivoo
  11. shivoos

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