chiv
/t͡ʃɪv/noun, verb
chiv is spelled C-H-I-V: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chiv means “Alternative form of shiv (“a knife”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chiv is chivs.
How many letters and syllables are in chiv?
| Letters | 4: C-H-I-V |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is chiv?
Chiv appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chiv?
- /t͡ʃɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chiv.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chiv
- chivs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- chivving participle, present
- chivved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chiv mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangAlternative 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.
verb
- 1
slangAlternative form of shiv.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).