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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: 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, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of CHIVVY.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chevy Chev"y, n. [Written also chivy, and chivvy.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] 1. A cry used in hunting. 2. A hunt; chase; pursuit. 3. The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chevy Chev"y, v. t. See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. --London Times.