chevy
che·vy
chevy · chevies
A hunt or pursuit; a chaseA hunt or pursuit; a chase.
/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/
» Ziri and Rima drove a Chevy.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
(countable)A cry used in hunting.
(uncountable)The game of prisoners' bars.
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
plural: cheviesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable