Chivvy

Quick meaning: Chivvy is a verb meaning To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

Meaning

To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

More Meanings

1. To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
2. To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
3. To pursue as in a hunt.
4. (British) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.

Example Sentences

We don't have time to respond to emails or any attempts to chivvy us up – sorry.

[H]e would chivvy us into position, prodding us gently but forcefully with his stick.

He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres.

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.

Word Forms

• chivvies
• chivvying
• chivvied
• chivy

Synonyms for chivvy

Depending on context, synonyms include chase, hunt, provoke, beset, harass, hassle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chevy, harry, provoke, harass, hassle, molest.

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