Usually means: Urge repeatedly to do something.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word chivvy:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. chivvy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. chivvy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chivvy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chivvy: Vocabulary.com
  5. chivvy: Wordnik
  6. chivvy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. chivvy: Wiktionary
  8. chivvy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. chivvy: Dictionary.com
  10. chivvy: Rhymezone
  11. chivvy: Free Dictionary
  12. chivvy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. chivvy: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chivvy: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chivvy, chivvy, chivvy, chivvy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. chivvy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See chivvying as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, British) To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.
verb:  (transitive, British) To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
verb:  (transitive, British) To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
verb:  (transitive, British) To pursue as in a hunt.
noun:  (British) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.

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