verbWord forms: chivs, chivving, chivved, shivs, shivving or shivved
2.
to stab (someone)
Word origin
C17: perhaps from Romany chiv blade
chiv in American English
(ʃɪv)
noun
shiv
Word origin
[1855–60, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, kickoff, lavabo, specialist, superheat