Chivy

5 definitions found

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

  Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob.
     fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a
     noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.]
     1. A cry used in hunting.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. A hunt; chase; pursuit.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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

  chivvy \chivvy\ v.
     same as {chivy}. [Also spelled {chivy}, {chevy}, and
     {chevvy}.]
  
     Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
          [WordNet 1.5]

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]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "chivy":
     aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, bother,
     bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chase, devil,
     discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, exasperate, exercise, fash,
     follow, follow up, get, give chase, go after, gripe, harass, harry,
     heckle, hector, hollo after, hound, hunt, irk, make after, miff,
     molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester,
     pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, prosecute,
     provoke, pursue, quest, quest after, raise the hunt, ride, rile,
     roil, ruffle, run after, search, seek, seek out, take out after,
     tease, torment, trail, try, try the patience, tweak the nose, vex,
     worry