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Pully vs Shiv - What's the difference?

pully | shiv |

As nouns the difference between pully and shiv

is that pully is (informal) pullover while shiv is a knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

As a verb shiv is

to stab someone with a shiv.

pully

English

Noun

(pullies)
  • (informal) pullover

    • See also

    * pulley

    shiv

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chib, chiv * shive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
  • A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
  • (computing) A shim, i.e. a small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.

    • Verb

  • To stab someone with a shiv.
  • (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

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