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noun
Chevy  n.  (Written also chivy, and chivvy)  (Eng.)
1.
A cry used in hunting.
2.
A hunt; chase; pursuit.
3.
The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.



verb
Chivy  v. t.  (past & past part. chivvied; pres. part. chivvying)  (Also spelled chivvy, chevy, and chevvy)  To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to. (Slang, Eng.)
Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.



chivvy  v.  (Also spelled chivy, chevy, and chevvy)  Same as chivy.
Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.






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"Chivvy" Quotes from Famous Books



... They'd chivvy us, them and the blacks and Humpy and t'others. Why, bless you, nothing old ...
— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn

... "Don't chivvy the child any further," he said, in a low voice. "If he says he'll get rid of them, he will, and that's ...
— Youth • Isaac Asimov



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