chivvy /ˈt͡ʃɪvi/verb 4noun 1forms 3 verb4 •(UK) To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.Odd's wouns! it was a proper hunt. Away went my gentlemen, whooping like madmen, with their coat skirts flapping in the breeze, chivying on the dogs and having a rare morning's sport. — 1889 •(UK) To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres. — 1852 •(UK) To pursue as in a hunt.[I]t seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. — 1893 •(UK) To sneak up on or rapidly approach. noun1 •(UK) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.Although Mr [Paul] Hatcher is not sure how popular the site will be he has designed it to handle up to 10,000 requests an hour. "It's just there to act as a chivvy to London Underground," he said. — 2003 formschivvied · chivvying · chivvies
