chib

British  

/ tʃɪb /

verb

1. (tr) to stab or slash with a sharp weapon

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noun

1. a sharp weapon, such as a knife or razor

Etymology

Origin of chib

perhaps related to _chiv

Example Sentences

Maybe vhen vhe come about und head up into der vindt vhe get oop der tops’ls und put oop uuder vun chib.

From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

"Tol yer chib, or I'll heat the bones of you with the fires of Bongo Tem," she screamed furiously, and in a mixture of her mother-tongue and English.

From Red Money by Hume, Fergus

Chiv, chib, or chipe, in Rommany, mean a tongue, inferring scolding, and chiv anything sharp-pointed, as for instance a dagger, or goad or knife. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey