Verb: chevvy che-vee
Usage: non-standard
Usage: non-standard
- Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
"This man chevvies his female co-workers";
- harass, hassle [informal], harry, chivy [Brit], chivvy [Brit], chevy [Brit, archaic], beset, plague, molest, provoke
Derived forms: chevvying, chevvied, chevvies
Type of: annoy, bother, chafe [archaic], devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], tick off [informal], vex
Encyclopedia: Chevvy