Verb: chevy che-vee
Usage: Brit, archaic (N. Amer: chivvy)
Usage: Brit, archaic (N. Amer: chivvy)
- Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
"This man chevies his female co-workers";
- harass, hassle [informal], harry, chivy [Brit], chivvy [Brit], chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest, provoke
Derived forms: chevying, chevies, chevied
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: Chevy, el Ponzoñú