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chivvy

Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

chiv=vy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

chivvy(v = verb.emotion) beset, chevvy, chevy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

is one way to annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

chivvy, v.

same as chivy. [WordNet 1.5]

chivvy, v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (also chivy, chevy) harass, nag; pursue.

Etymology

chevy (n. & v.), prob. f. the ballad of Chevy Chase, a place on the Scottish border