to chivy
- verb
- /ˈtʃɪvi/
- UK
:
fastidiar
- His friends didn't want to chivy him, but they were worried he was being too lazy.
Examples
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The teacher chivied the students to finish their assignments on time.
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She constantly chivies her brother about tidying his room.
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So he would file them or his workers would file them and chivvy them to make them interchangeable.
Synonyms
302
4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
121
5.6
To cause constant trouble and suffering to people and things
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
58
6.1
To follow and bother someone without stopping
47
4.4
To bother someone again and again
39
4.7
To annoy someone by asking them the same thing many times
34
3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
12
8.4
Annoy or disturb someone repeatedly
8
2.6
To keep criticizing or telling someone to do things in an annoying way
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
3
8.0
To annoy someone with small, repeated complaints
To annoy or chase someone again and again
To keep asking or complaining to make someone do something
Antonyms
How Annoying
- NSFW
107
7.2
302
4.0
- UK
34
3.2
246
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chivy comes from an old idea like chevy or chase, which meant to 'drive' or 'hunt' someone, so to chivy someone today is to keep after them, to pester or nag until they are annoyed.