chivy
Britishverb
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(tr) to harass or nag
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(tr) to hunt
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(intr) to run about
noun
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a hunt
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obsolete a hunting cry
Etymology
Origin of chivy
C19: variant of chevy, probably from Chevy Chase, title of a Scottish border ballad
Example Sentences
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His aim: to chivy West Germany and Japan into expanding their domestic economies, while counting on the U.S. currency's drop in value to start reversing the ugly trade figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile Nazis continued locally to close down religious schools and chivy the clergy.
From Time Magazine Archive
To chivy itself into this ideal situation, the S.T.L. moon orbiter will have two engines�one firing forward and the other backward.
From Time Magazine Archive
He continued to chivy the sausage, his face deep in his book, as the front door let out a loud wha-pop!
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
From the supper-party comes the sound of an abortive chorus: "With a hey ho, chivy, hark forrard, hark forrard, tantivy!"
From The Fugitive by Galsworthy, John
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