chib

See also: ćhib and čhib

English

Alternative forms

• chiv, shiv, shive

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪb

Noun

chib (plural chibs)

1. (Scotland, Geordie, slang) A shiv (makeshift knife).

In Scotland a chib normally refers to a blunt weapon or club

Verb

chib (third-person singular simple present chibs, present participle chibbing, simple past and past participle chibbed)

1. (Scotland, Geordie, slang) To shiv (stab).
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, page 61:

     And if they had knives too, their gang had all knives and people were going to get chibbed.

References

• Scottish Vernacular Dictionary

Anagrams

• HBIC, Bich