/ ˈtʃɪvi; NAmE / verb
( chiv·vies , chivvy·ing , chiv·vied , chiv·vied ) chivvy sb (into sth) | chivvy sb (along) ( BrE ) to try and make sb hurry or do sth quickly, especially when they do not want to do it :
[ vn ]
He chivvied them into the car.
[also vn to inf ]
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: probably from the ballad Chevy Chase , celebrating a skirmish (probably the battle of Otterburn, 1388) on the Scottish border (but often mistakenly thought to be a place name). Originally a noun denoting a hunting cry, the term later meant a pursuit , hence the verb to chase, worry (mid 19th cent.).