Definition of Chevy

1. Verb. Annoy continually or chronically. "The performance is likely to Chevy Sue"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"


Definition of Chevy

1. v. t. See Chivy, v. t.

2. n. A cry used in hunting.

Definition of Chevy

1. Noun. (informal) A Chevrolet car. ¹

2. Noun. A hunt or pursuit. ¹

3. Verb. to hunt or chase ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chevy

1. to chase about [v CHEVIED, CHEVYING, CHEVIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chevy

chevret
chevrets
chevrette
chevron
chevron incision
chevroned
chevronel
chevronels
chevroning
chevrons
chevronwise
chevrony
chevrotain
chevrotains
chevvy
chevy
chevying
chew
chew off
chew on
chew on the scenery
chew out
chew over
chew the cud
chew the fat
chew the scenery
chew toys
chew up
chew up the scenery

Literary usage of Chevy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"I.—THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF Chevy-CHASE. AT the beginning of this volume we gave the old original song of Chevy-Chase. The reader has here the more ..."

2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"The ballads of " The Battle of Otterburn " and " Chevy Chase " do not remain to us in their first form. There is no copy of them written so early as the ..."

3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"The English monarch breathed vengeance: Within us short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Like tidings to King Henry came Was slain in Chevy Chase. ..."

4. English and Scottish Ballads edited by Francis James Child (1860)
"Chevy-CHACE. THE text of this later ballad of Chevy-Chace is given as it appears ... Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy- ..."

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