chiv

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪv/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪv

Noun

chiv (plural chivs)

  1. Alternative form of shiv
  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.

Verb

chiv (third-person singular simple present chivs, present participle chivving, simple past and past participle chivved)

  1. Alternative form of shiv

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