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chivvies — chiv·vy || tʃɪvɪ v. nag; pester somebody; annoy someone persistently … English contemporary dictionary
chivvy — [[t]tʃɪ̱vi[/t]] chivvies, chivvying, chivvied VERB If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. [BRIT] [V n into ing/n] There, the health care authority chivvies doctors into doing more preventive… … English dictionary
chivy — or chivvy [chiv′ē] n. pl. chivies or chivvies Brit. a hunt; chase vt., vi. chivied or chivvied, chivying or chivvying 1. to fret; harass; … Universalium
chivvy — /chiv ee/, v.t., v.i., chivvied, chivvying, n., pl. chivvies. chevy. Also, chivy. * * * … Universalium
chivvier — noun one who chivvies; especially a hunter … Wiktionary
chivvy — chiv|vy chivy [ˈtʃıvi] v past tense and past participle chivvied present participle chivvying third person singular chivvies [T] BrE informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Chevy Chase, place near the border between England and Scotland where a battle … Dictionary of contemporary English
chivvy — (also chivy) verb (chivvies, chivvying, chivvied) chiefly Brit. repeatedly tell (someone) to do something. Origin C18: orig. a noun denoting a hunting cry, prob. from the ballad Chevy Chase, celebrating a skirmish on the Scottish border … English new terms dictionary
chivvy — UK [ˈtʃɪvɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms chivvy : present tense I/you/we/they chivvy he/she/it chivvies present participle chivvying past tense chivvied past participle chivvied British to try to persuade someone to do something or to hurry… … English dictionary
chivvy — (also chivy) ► VERB (chivvies, chivvied) ▪ tell (someone) repeatedly to do something. ORIGIN originally meaning «a hunting cry»: probably from the ballad Chevy Chase, celebrating a skirmish on the Scottish border … English terms dictionary
chivy — or chivvy [chiv′ē] n. pl. chivies or chivvies Brit. a hunt; chase vt., vi. chivied or chivvied, chivying or chivvying 1. to fret; harass; nag 2. to manipulate … English World dictionary
