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chivvy
chivvy
English
Verb
chivvy (third-person singular simple present chivvies, present participle chivvying, simple past and past participle chivvied)
- To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,
- Toby played the lightly chivvied “husband” very sweetly, and Sophie claimed him in the childish ways of someone experimenting with her power, with little exasperations and innuendos.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,
- To coerce, as by persistent request.
- To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
- To pursue as in a hunt.
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 18,
- He rode slowly towards them with a sulky expression on his face, chivvying the polo-ball with small strokes.
- to chivvy the fox
- 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 18,
Derived terms
Translations
To subject to harassment or verbal abuse
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Noun
chivvy (plural chivvies)
- A goad.