Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To chase about or hunt from place to place; throw or pitch about; worry.
- n. A halloo; a shout; a cheer.
- n. The game of prisoners' base.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. Slang, Eng. See chivy, v. t.
- n. A cry used in hunting.
- n. A hunt; chase; pursuit.
- n. The game of prisoners' base. See Base, n., 24.
WordNet 3.0
- v. annoy continually or chronically
Etymologies
- Probably from Chevy Chase, the scene of a battle celebrated in a number of early ballads. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Yes | No | Report from Brittle wrote 1 week 3 days ago ford, but chevy is close behind”
“Mr. Tinkler made no articulate reply, but sat down with a crushed expression, and set himself to devour bread and butter with an energy which he hoped would divert attention from his blushes; and almost immediately the Doctor looked at his watch and said, "Now, boys, you have half-an-hour for 'chevy' -- make the most of it.”
“The cold, unsatisfying breakfast, and the half-hour assigned to "chevy," followed in due course, and after that Paul found himself set down with a class to await the German master, Herr Stohwasser.”
“The usual "chevy" was going on there, with more spirit than usual, perhaps, because the darkness allowed of practical jokes and surprises, and offered great facilities for paying off old grudges with secrecy and despatch, and as the Doctor had come to the door of the greenhouse, and was looking on, the players exerted themselves still more, till the”
“Football and cricket were of course reserved for half-holidays, and played in a neighbouring field rented by the Doctor, and in the playground he restricted them to "chevy," which he considered, rightly enough, both gave them abundant exercise and kept them out of mischief.”
“This, though a plentiful, and by no means unwholesome fare for growing boys, was not what he had been accustomed to, and feeling far too heavy and unwell after it to venture upon an encounter with the Doctor, he wandered slow and melancholy round the bare gravelled playground during the half-hour after dinner devoted to the inevitable "chevy," until the”
“But the fact was that this particular sport, "chevy," commonly known as "prisoners 'base," was by no means a popular amusement, being of a somewhat monotonous nature, and calling for no special skill on the part of the performers.”
“(Did you ever play 'chevy' when you were a boy before?”
“The most reliable truck built today seems to be the chevy/gmc based on car and driver and consumer reports research The 4x4 toyota tundra is having major transmission problems so I'd stay clear of them.”
Who makes the best pickup truck for huntin and fishin and why is it the best?
“My vote is any of the chevy Z71's, doesnt matter what year, they are all tough trucks”
Who makes the best pickup truck for huntin and fishin and why is it the best?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chevy’.
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SCIE - publications
The vocabulary of scientific paper submission
enclose, resource, meaningful, margin, embedded, publisher, mentor, clip, spelling, appendix, gloss, refer and 188 more...
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Hunting cries
tantara, yoicks, tantivy, tallyho, chivvy, hoics, tally-ho, chivy, chevy, soho, hue, halloo and 15 more...
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difficult words
ordure, tatterwallop, callipygian, odious, colophon, cynosure, hardener, emollience, valetudinarian, demonym, volage, polysemantic and 259 more...
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
approbation, assuage, chicanery, abscond, effrontery, enervation, equivocate, ennui, aftertaste, filibuster, perfunctory, abide and 391 more...
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Ning-Nang
Handpicked slang.
hooch, petting party, muzzy - half tips..., Oliver - the moon, ocean - a very la..., mush - the mouth, Old Bendy - the d..., ragged-arse - gon..., nice - simple, wi..., mumping - begging, mubblefubbles - l..., mow - to kiss and 33 more...
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The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, ...
That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire And Of The Comfort Of The Resurrection
Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows flaunt forth, then chevy on an air-built thoroughfare: heaven-roy...inscape, sprung rhythm, instress, chevy, heaven-roysterer, gay-gang, roughcast, whitewash, shivelight, shadowtackle, yestertempest, rutpeel and 49 more...
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odd ones for scrabble
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