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Definition chevy

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.

Noun

chevy (countable and uncountable, plural chevies)

1. (countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
2. (countable) A cry used in hunting.
3. (uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.

Verb

chevy (third-person singular simple present chevies, present participle chevying, simple past and past participle chevied)

1. (transitive) To chase or hunt.
2. (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
3. (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
4. (transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
5. (intransitive) To scurry.

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