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chivvy

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/Part of speech verbSorted chivvyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. annoy continually or chronically

Word origin

From chivy, chevy (“to chase; to race, scamper”), from chivy, chevy (“a chase, hunt, pursuit”), probably from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.

Used in a sentence

  • Odd's wouns! it was a proper hunt. Away went my gentlemen, whooping like madmen, with their coat skirts flapping in the breeze, chivying on the dogs and having a rare morning's sport.
  • He headed for home, walking a little faster now, as if chivied along by some old cold wind that didn't quite reach the sunlit world.
  • [H]e would chivvy us into position, prodding us gently but forcefully with his stick.

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