CHIVVY


Meaning of CHIVVY in English

(chivvies, ~ing, chivvied)

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

Jovial ladies ~ 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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