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- [chiv-ee]
- /ˈtʃɪv i/
- /ˈtʃɪv.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chiv-ee]
- /ˈtʃɪv i/
Definitions of chivvy word
- verb chivvy If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. 3
- noun chivvy Tell (someone) repeatedly to do something. 1
- transitive verb chivvy hurry or harass 1
- noun chivvy A goad. 0
- verb chivvy To subject to harassment or verbal abuse. 0
- verb chivvy To coerce, as by persistent request. 0
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Parts of speech for Chivvy
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preposition
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chivvy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
chivvy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chivvy
verb chivvy
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
Antonyms for chivvy
verb chivvy
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
Top questions with chivvy
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Matching words
- Words starting with c
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