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1. Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
   "This man chivvies his female co-workers";
   - harass, hassle [informal], harry, chivy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest, provoke

Derived forms: chivvying, chivvies, chivvied

Type of: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], tick off [informal], vex