CHIVVY


Meaning of CHIVVY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɪvi ]

( chivvies, chivvying, chivvied)

If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. ( BRIT )

Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!...

He chivvies the troops along with a few well-directed words.

VERB : V n into -ing / n , V n with adv , also V n to-inf , V n , V n prep

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