chevy
To chase or huntTo chase or hunt.
» Ziri and Rima drove a Chevy.
Agestur · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To chase or hunt.
(transitive)To vex or harass with petty attacks.
(transitive)To maneuver or secure gradually.
(intransitive)To scurry.
- annoy continually or chronically
Examples
9 sentencesZiri and Rima drove a Chevy.
Rima and Skura drove a Chevy.
Ziri drove a Chevy.
I drove a Chevy.
He drove a Chevy.
Origin
The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first publishedThe 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, cheviedSynonyms
27 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.