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

Derived forms: chivied, chivies, chivying

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