Chivvy Definition
chivies, chivvies
verb
chivvies
To vex or harass with petty attacks.
Political opponents who chivvied the senator.
American Heritage
To maneuver or secure gradually.
American Heritage
To scurry.
American Heritage
To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
Wiktionary
To coerce, as by persistent request.
Wiktionary
Origin of Chivvy
Variant of chevy a hunt, hunting cry from Chevy Chase title of a ballad about a border skirmish from Cheviot Chase , a large unenclosed hunting tract in the Cheviot Hills
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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