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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chevy
    v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
         staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
         co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
         chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
         provoke]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also chivy, and chivvy.] [Prob.
   fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a
   noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.]
   1. A cry used in hunting.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. A hunt; chase; pursuit.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chevy \Chev"y\, v. t.
   See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

         One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in
         the storm for ten minutes.               --London
                                                  Times.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chivvy \chivvy\ v.
   same as chivy. [Also spelled chivy, chevy, and
   chevvy.]

   Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
        [WordNet 1.5]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.]
   To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause
   annoyance or concern to. [Slang, Eng.] [Also spelled
   chivvy, chevy, and chevvy.] --Dickens.

   Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

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