chevy

[ chev-ee ]

verb (used with object),chev·ied, chev·y·ing.
  1. to chase; run after.

  2. to harass; nag; torment.

verb (used without object),chev·ied, chev·y·ing.
  1. to race; scamper.

noun,plural chev·ies.
  1. a hunting cry.

  2. a hunt, chase, or pursuit.

  1. the game of prisoner's base.

Origin of chevy

1
First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps short for Chevy Chase
  • Also chiv·vy, chiv·y [chiv-ee] /ˈtʃɪv i/ .

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How to use chevy in a sentence

  • The ducks chevy the flies, taking them out of the very mouths of the trout.

    Angling Sketches | Andrew Lang
  • They turned to discover a pre-war chevy choking its way along the road.

    Jubilation, U.S.A. | G. L. Vandenburg
  • He was succeeded in his tenure of the castle by the Widdringtons, one of whom is celebrated in the ballad of “chevy Chase.”

  • This verb be was formerly used in this phrase; be my faith, be my troth; that is, by my faith, as in chevy Chace.

  • No doubt he 'had it in' for more than one of the people who helped the police to chevy Wall and his lot about.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

British Dictionary definitions for chevy

chevy

/ (ˈtʃɛvɪ) /


noun, verb
  1. a variant of chivy

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