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The Collaborative International Dictionary
chevy

chivvy \chivvy\ v. same as chivy. [Also spelled chivy, chevy, and chevvy.]

Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.

chevy

Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to. [Slang, Eng.] [Also spelled chivvy, chevy, and chevvy.]
--Dickens.

Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Chevy

by 1938, popular form of Chevrolet, U.S. automobile brand, which was founded by Louis Chevrolet and William Durant in 1911; acquired by General Motors in 1917.

Wiktionary
chevy

n. 1 A hunt or pursuit. 2 A cry used in hunting. 3 The game of prisoners' bars. vb. to hunt or chase

WordNet
chevy

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]

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Usage examples of "chevy".

As they awaited word from the master bomber, the agents spirited Parker around under a blanket in the back of an embassy Chevy Suburban.

Motel 6 in Beltsville, jimmied the lock on an aging Chevy van and climbed in and hotwired it.

They were headed home, out to the prosperous parts of Northwest and Chevy Chase and Bethesda and Rockville and Gaithersburg.

Pickups and old Chevys, boat like Buicks and battered Jeeps began parking along the dirt shoulder abutting the ditch outside Bonita Vista and quickly became so numerous that succeeding vehicles were forced to spread out into the middle of the street.

Newly waxed Porsches, dented Mazdas, Chevy pickups, stretch Caddies with dark glass and TV antennas-who are these guys?

Nearby, the motor of a 1950 Chevy Fastback revved as it gave tourist rides around the historical section of the park.

Corvan, a mint-condition 1966 Chevy Greenbrier, rear engine, air cooled.

Chevy and a hearse driven by funeral-home owner and Kinderhook county coroner Junior Duckworth.

Chevy bounced in the ruts of the long laneway as he left the highway and drove the half mile to the camp.

And down the line is that insane malevolent grifter, Billy Watrous jr, in his firegreen Chevy S10 boombuggy lowrider amped to the max with the late rapper J.

After a pause to pay the toll, the Chevy settled onto the multilane expanse of concrete as though it was propelled on a cushion of air.

Chevy sedan were parked at the Torreon Chapter House, but the owner of one truck was leaving.

A dark blue Chevy station wagon-no chrome, no whitewalls, nothing to draw attention to it-waited on the gravel driveway before the lodge.

The Benzes, Beemers, and SUVs give way to Hondas, Chevys, and cheaper SUVs.

The Chevy was horizontal across the three and four lanes, caught a centerpunch from a long-distance moving van, lifted, went tail-over onto its roof, sliding across the shoulder, followed Jimmy over the side two hundred yards beyond him and came to rest against a low hillside.