Chevy Chase

American  

noun

1. (The Ballad of Chevy Chase ) a 15th-century English ballad describing the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases.

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Example Sentences

No one arrived at the title “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” by accident.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the good-looking, privileged and deliberately smarmy “Saturday Night Live” star was introducing the show’s original “Weekend Update” segments, the line was delivered with only half a wink: Chevy Chase seemed like a pretty good place to be.

From The Wall Street Journal

These professional calculations are actually among the more fascinating aspects of Chevy Chase as a commodity, and something Ms. Zenovich might have focused on more keenly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Which along with a career’s worth of ill will puts the sting in “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not.”

From The Wall Street Journal

For reasons I couldn’t have explained at the time, let alone now, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead” became a running joke in the early seasons of “Saturday Night Live,” delivered by Chevy Chase as host of its weekly mock news broadcast.

From Salon