chevy

[ chev-ee ]

verb (used with object),chev·ied, chev·y·ing.

to chase; run after.
to harass; nag; torment.

verb (used without object),chev·ied, chev·y·ing.

to race; scamper.

noun,plural chev·ies.

a hunting cry.
a hunt, chase, or pursuit.

the game of prisoner's base.

Origin of chevy

First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps short for Chevy Chase

Also chiv·vy, chiv·y [chiv-ee] /ˈtʃɪv i/ .

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How to use chevy in a sentence

We are prisoners, lad, and the Frenchies have chivied right back to where the King and his men have been making a bit of a stand.
!Tention | George Manville Fenn
The "someone" came, and turned out to be the Handsome and Haughty Lad who had so cruelly chivied us down below.
Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith Durham
There was an ugly black man there chivied us out in no time—wouldn't tell us anything.
The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward
He had been chivied and chased from village to village as an intruder.
Beast and Man in India | John Lockwood Kipling
The toreador chivied the bull round the ring, trying to get it face foremost.
Poor Folk in Spain | Jan Gordon

British Dictionary definitions for chevy

chevy

/ (ˈtʃɛvɪ) /

noun, verb

a variant of chivy

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