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chivvy

chiv·vy [ chívvee ] (past and past participle chiv·vied, present participle chiv·vy·ing, 3rd person present singular chiv·vies) or chiv·y [ chívvee ] (past and past participle chiv·ied, present participle chiv·y·ing, 3rd person present singular chiv·ies) or chev·y [ chévvee ] (past and past participle chev·ied, present participle chev·y·ing, 3rd person present singular chev·ies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
urge or harass somebody: to urge, pester, or harass somebody, usually in order to make him or her do something or do something more quickly

[Late 18th century. Probably after Chevy Chase, site of a battle (1388) in the Anglo-Scottish border wars]
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