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Definition of Chevy
1. Verb. Annoy continually or chronically. "The performance is likely to chevy Sue"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Specialized synonyms: Goad, Needle, Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment, Haze
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
Derivative terms: Harasser, Harassment, Harrier, Hassle, Molestation, Plague, Provocation, Provocative, Provoker
Definition of Chevy
1. v. t. See Chivy,
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
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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