shiv and chiv
Theme: VIOLENCE
tr. to stab someone. (Underworld.)He shivved Rocko, and Rocko deserved it.The boss told Bruno to get Rocko one way or the other—chiv him, burn him, clobber him—but get him.
Theme: WEAPONRY
n. a knife. (Underworld.)Swiftly and silently his shiv found its way up under Rocko's ribs. All for a silly dame.I could tell from the way his cuff broke that there was a chiv strapped to his leg.
shiv
Ⅰ
verb to stab someone US, 1951
Ⅱ ⇨ shiv; chiv; shivvie
noun a homemade knife-like weapon, especially one fashioned in prison. Almost certainly evolved from C17 'chive' (knife) US, 1915