"chevy" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "The sergeants-major were always on the watch to report us if we went out of bounds. […] The moment we saw the sergeant-major, off we scampered over hedge, ditch, bog, and ploughed land, leaving him to catch or identify us if he could! […] Of all the serjeants-major, Howe, of the C company, ran the swiftest. Howe enjoyed these chivies. He frequently omitted to report us if we gave him a good breathing.",
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        "A cry used in hunting."
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        "(countable) A cry used in hunting."
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        "The game of prisoners' bars."
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        "(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars."
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    "Battle of Otterburn",
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          "text": "[…] John, before taking his departure, had left the stable door and the front gate open, and that Tartar [a horse], having no halter on, had quietly walked out into the high road, and had been chevied up and down by the boys for the last quarter of an hour.",
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        "(transitive) To chase or hunt."
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          "ref": "1869 August, [Rhoda Broughton], “Red as a Rose is She”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, chapter XVI, page 29",
          "text": "St. John remains in the outer room, looks at the clock, […] chivies the tabby cat; counts the flitches of bacon hanging from the rafters; […]",
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          "ref": "1883, “Nessmuk” [pseudonym; George Washington Sears], Charles F. Orvis and A. Nelson Cheney, compilers, “Trout: Meeting Them on the ‘June Rise’”, in Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies, Manchester, Vt.: C. F. Orvis, →OCLC, page 167",
          "text": "So when I was done, and the fishing was as good as the start, I cut a long \"staddle,\" with a bush at the top, and I just went for that school of trout. I chevied, harried and scattered them, up stream and down, until I could not see a fish.",
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        "(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks."
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          "_dis1": "2 89 2 3 4",
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          "roman": "bezpokoja",
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          "roman": "dosaždam",
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        "To maneuver or secure gradually."
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        "(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually."
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          "ref": "1973, B. W. E. Alford, “A New Generation and a New Firm”, in W. D. & H. O. Wills and the Development of the UK Tobacco Industry, 1786–1965, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […]; reprinted as Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2006, page 55",
          "text": "Some customers could now be relied upon to send in their orders regularly and, apart from having to chivy those who had fallen behind with their payments, this allowed travellers to concentrate their energies on securing new customers and on recovering those who had been lost to competitors.",
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        {
          "ref": "1981 November, Gardner Dozois, Jack C[arroll] Haldeman II, “Executive Clemency”, in Omni, New York, N.Y.: Omni Publications International; republished as Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, October 1992, page 35",
          "text": "He headed for home, walking a little faster now, as if chivied along by some old cold wind that didn't quite reach the sunlit world.",
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        "To scurry."
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        "(intransitive) To scurry."
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        "(uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars."
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          "ref": "1868 January, “Miss Sophy’s Crutch”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XIII, number LXXIII, London: Office, 217, Piccadilly, W. [printed by William Clowes and Sons, […]], →OCLC, chapter I, page 76, column 1",
          "text": "[…] John, before taking his departure, had left the stable door and the front gate open, and that Tartar [a horse], having no halter on, had quietly walked out into the high road, and had been chevied up and down by the boys for the last quarter of an hour.",
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        ],
        [
          "hunt",
          "hunt#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To chase or hunt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1869 August, [Rhoda Broughton], “Red as a Rose is She”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, chapter XVI, page 29",
          "text": "St. John remains in the outer room, looks at the clock, […] chivies the tabby cat; counts the flitches of bacon hanging from the rafters; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, “Nessmuk” [pseudonym; George Washington Sears], Charles F. Orvis and A. Nelson Cheney, compilers, “Trout: Meeting Them on the ‘June Rise’”, in Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies, Manchester, Vt.: C. F. Orvis, →OCLC, page 167",
          "text": "So when I was done, and the fishing was as good as the start, I cut a long \"staddle,\" with a bush at the top, and I just went for that school of trout. I chevied, harried and scattered them, up stream and down, until I could not see a fish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vex or harass with petty attacks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vex",
          "vex"
        ],
        [
          "harass",
          "harass"
        ],
        [
          "petty",
          "petty"
        ],
        [
          "attacks",
          "attack#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maneuver or secure gradually."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maneuver",
          "maneuver"
        ],
        [
          "secure",
          "secure#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "gradually",
          "gradually"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "chivvy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1973, B. W. E. Alford, “A New Generation and a New Firm”, in W. D. & H. O. Wills and the Development of the UK Tobacco Industry, 1786–1965, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […]; reprinted as Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2006, page 55",
          "text": "Some customers could now be relied upon to send in their orders regularly and, apart from having to chivy those who had fallen behind with their payments, this allowed travellers to concentrate their energies on securing new customers and on recovering those who had been lost to competitors.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1981 November, Gardner Dozois, Jack C[arroll] Haldeman II, “Executive Clemency”, in Omni, New York, N.Y.: Omni Publications International; republished as Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, October 1992, page 35",
          "text": "He headed for home, walking a little faster now, as if chivied along by some old cold wind that didn't quite reach the sunlit world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of chivvy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chivvy",
          "chivvy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To scurry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scurry",
          "scurry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To scurry."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scamper"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛvi"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "chivy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpokoja",
      "sense": "to vex or harass",
      "word": "безпокоя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosaždam",
      "sense": "to vex or harass",
      "word": "досаждам"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Battle of Otterburn",
    "Cheviot Hills",
    "The Ballad of Chevy Chase",
    "The Complaynt of Scotland"
  ],
  "word": "chevy"
}