chevy

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Concepts

harceler

embêter

🐛

ennuyer

importuner

irriter

tourmenter

agacer

tracasser

Synonymes

chivvy

chevvy

chivy

provoke

harry

molest

chase

beset

plague

hassle

harass

jilt

make off

push

run after

scamper

shoot

make after

annoy

prey on

bedevil

cark

course

eat into

exhort

goose

🪿

grill

haunt

hunt

irritate

Traductions

incomodar

molestar

tormentare

importunar

acosar

avlamak

κυνηγώ

dare la caccia

vessare

aborrecer

irritar

حرض

حث

غيظ

تحرش

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.