Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To chase or hunt.

  2. (transitive)To vex or harass with petty attacks.

  3. (transitive)To maneuver or secure gradually.

  4. (intransitive)To scurry.

More definitions
  • annoy continually or chronically

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Ziri and Rima drove a Chevy.

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  2. Rima and Skura drove a Chevy.

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  3. Ziri drove a Chevy.

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  4. I drove a Chevy.

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  5. He drove a Chevy.

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Origin

The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published

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.

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Forms

chevies, chevying, chevied, chevied
Base formchevy · to chevy
3rd person singularchevies
Present participlechevying
Past simplechevied
Past participlechevied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychevy
he, she, itchevies

Past simpleLesson

all personschevied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chevied
he, she, ithas chevied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chevy

Synonyms

28 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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