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CHEVY
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(verb) annoy continually or chronically; “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”; “This man harasses his female co-workers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Chevy (plural er-noun)
Short for Chevrolet.; a brand of car produced by General Motors.
Noun
Chevy (plural Chevies)
(informal) A Chevrolet car.
Etymology
Noun
chevy (countable and uncountable, plural chevies)
(countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
(countable) A cry used in hunting.
(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.
Verb
chevy (third-person singular simple present chevies, present participle chevying, simple past and past participle chevied)
(transitive) To chase or hunt.
(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
(transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
(intransitive) To scurry.
Synonym: scamper
Source: Wiktionary
Chev"y, v. t.
Definition: See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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