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- Dictionarychivvy/ˈtʃɪvi/
verb
- 1. tell (someone) repeatedly to do something: British "the plan is to chivvy us all into eating less and exercising more"
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CHIVVY definition: 1. to encourage someone to do something they do not want to do: 2. to encourage someone to do…. Learn more.
If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. [ British ] Don't let the hosts chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!
Originally a noun denoting a hunting cry, the term later meant ‘a pursuit’, hence the verb ‘to chase, worry’ (mid 19th cent.). Definition of chivvy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks; to move or obtain by small maneuvers… See the full definition
chivvy meaning, definition, what is chivvy: to try to make someone do something more...: Learn more.
To chivvy is to repeatedly harass or annoy someone. Don't let your little sister chivvy the dog, or she's going to get nipped!
1. To vex or harass with petty attacks: political opponents who chivvied the senator. 2. To maneuver or secure gradually: "had spent two weeks chivvying this division toward combat readiness" (Tom Clancy). v.intr. To scurry. n. pl. chiv·vies or chiv·ies. 1. A hunt or chase. 2. A hunting cry.
CHIVVY meaning: 1. to encourage someone to do something they do not want to do: 2. to encourage someone to do…. Learn more.
to encourage someone to do something they do not want to do: He kept putting off writing the report so I had to chivvy him along. I had to chivvy him into writing the report. Synonyms. badger. nag. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Urging & persuading. ambulance-chasing. argumentation. badger. be/go on at someone idiom. blagger.
CHIVVY meaning: to try to make (someone) do something more quickly especially in an annoying way.
