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
chivvy (third-person singular simple present chivvies, present participle chivvying, simple past and past participle chivvied)
(transitive, Britain) To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request. [from late 18th c.]
(transitive, Britain) To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
(transitive, Britain) To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
(transitive, Britain) To pursue as in a hunt. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms: chase, hunt
chivvy (plural chivvies)
(Britain) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
