bivvy noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •(informal) A small tent or shelter.It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks. — 2011 •(slang, no longer used) Beer.Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya — 2016 verb1 •To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter. formsbivvied · bivvying · bivvies