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chevy

noun
/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/US/ˈʃɛvi/

Etymology

The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. The verb is derived from the noun.

Definitions

  1. A hunt or pursuit

    A hunt or pursuit; a chase.

  2. A cry used in hunting.

  3. The game of prisoners' bars.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To chase or hunt.

      • Hostler Jack chevies the Pardoner, who drops his pan, […]
      • [I]t seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.

    2. To vex or harass with petty attacks.

      • St. John remains in the outer room, looks at the clock, […] chivies the tabby cat; counts the flitches of bacon hanging from the rafters; […]
      • "They're chevying that poor animal [a dog] again," he said hotly. "It's scandalous." / "Rupert can take care of himself," said the mate calmly, continuing his meal. "I expect, if the truth's known, it's him 's been doin' the chevying."

    3. To maneuver or secure gradually.

    4. Alternative spelling of chivvy.

      • He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres.
      • 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.

    5. To scurry.

    6. Clipping of Chevrolet, a brand of car produced by General Motors.

      • Chevy has introduced a new model for 1964: the Malibu. See your dealer today!
      • GM [General Motors] namecalled Chevy’s Ford-beating sales in its press release.

    7. A vehicle of this make.

      • I saw a late-model Chevy pull around back. That would have been around 10 PM.
      • Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry […]

    8. A unisex given name

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA