chevy

American  

[chev-ee] / ˈtʃɛv i /

Also chivvy,

verb (used with object)

chevied, chevying

1. to chase; run after.

2. to harass; nag; torment.

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verb (used without object)

chevied, chevying

1. to race; scamper.

noun

plural

chevies

1. a hunting cry.

2. a hunt, chase, or pursuit.

3. the game of prisoner's base.

chevy British  

/ ˈtʃɛvɪ /

noun

1. a variant of chivy

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Etymology

Origin of chevy

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

Example Sentences

The classic red 1965 chevy driven by John Travolta in Pulp Fiction looks set to be returned to rightful owner Quentin Tarantino 17 years after being stolen from outside the film-maker's LA home.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013

The single drove the chevy to the levee, and the levee is now officially dry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the dogs exploded outside, probably at some henroost-robbing opossum, and had a chevy through the cocos till they tree’d their game, and bayed it to their hearts’ content. 

From At Last by Kingsley, Charles

They were shyer than usual, and led me a long chevy.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram

Besides, it would be courting plunder to leave the waggons here in charge of ‘boys’ only, as we should have to do if we started to chevy those schelms.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram