chiv

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/t͡ʃɪv/

noun

The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.

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Meanings

nounchiv (plural chivs)

plural chivs

  1. alternativeslangAlternative form of shiv (“a knife”).
  2. The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask, where the croze will be incised.
  3. A cooper's tool used to make that section.
verbchiv (third-person singular simple present chivs, present participle chivving, simple past and past participle chivved)

present singular third person chivs · participle present chivving · participle past chivved · past chivved

  1. alternativeslangAlternative form of shiv.

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

    2012, Vanessa Morgan, Murder and Crime Birmingham

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chiv

livegivedivforgiveLIVexpansiverelivesedativeshivinvectiveoutliveshivespivTel Avivunlive
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Cite this entry
APA

chiv. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiv

MLA

“chiv.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiv. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiv,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiv.

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