Chivied

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chivied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Chivying}.] [Cf. {Chevy}.]
     To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause
     annoyance or concern to. [Slang, Eng.] [Also spelled
     {chivvy}, {chevy}, and {chevvy}.] --Dickens.
  


     Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chivied
       See {chivy}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chivy
       v : annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
           staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
           female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {harry}, {chivvy},
            {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]
       [also: {chivvying}, {chivvies}, {chivvied}, {chivied},
       {chevying}, {chevies}, {chevied}]