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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chevy \chev"y\, v. t.
see chivy, v. t. slang, eng.
1913 webster
one poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in
the storm for ten minutes. --london
times.
1913 webster
see also:
chivy
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chevy \chev"y\, n. written also chivy, and chivvy. prob.
fr. the ballad of chevy chase; cf. prov. e. chevychase a
noise, confusion, pursuit. eng.
1. a cry used in hunting.
webster 1913 suppl.
2. a hunt; chase; pursuit.
webster 1913 suppl.
3. the game of prisoners' base. see base, n., 24.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
chivy chivvy base
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chivvy \chivvy\ v.
same as chivy. also spelled chivy, chevy, and
chevvy.
syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
chivy chevy chevvy
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chivy \chiv"y\, v. t. imp. p. p. chivied; p. pr. vb. n.
chivying. cf. chevy.
to goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause
annoyance or concern to. slang, eng. also spelled
chivvy, chevy, and chevvy. --dickens.
syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
1913 webster + wordnet 1.5
see also:
chivied chivying chevy chivvy chevy chevvy
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
chevy
v : annoy continually or chronically; "he is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "this man harasses his
female co-workers" syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
chivvy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
see also:
harass hassle harry chivy chivvy chevvy
beset plague molest provoke
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