chivy
chivvy chevy British
/ (ˈtʃɪvɪ) /
verbchivies, chivying, chivied, chivvies, chivvying, chivvied, chevies, chevying or chevied
(tr) to harass or nag
(tr) to hunt
(intr) to run about
nounplural chivies, chivvies or chevies
a hunt
obsolete a hunting cry
Origin of chivy
1C19: variant of chevy, probably from Chevy Chase, title of a Scottish border ballad
Words Nearby chivy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use chivy in a sentence
I should like to have seen one of 'em outside chivy Wood to-day.
They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence.
The Open Air | Richard JefferiesAfter your soda and brandy take a good chivy in the open air, and you'll be all right by dinner-time.
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities | Robert Smith SurteesI let the first class off easily, but the second I chivy through a whole year.
The Wife and Other Stories | Anton ChekhovThey'd 'ave nobody to chivy 'em when they come to the throne, or returned from the wars.
Humorous Readings and Recitations | Various
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