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chivvy
(UK) To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.
(UK) To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
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He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres.
Toby played the lightly chivvied ‘husband’ very sweetly, and Sophie claimed him in the childish ways of someone experimenting with her power, with little exasperations and innuendos.
(UK) To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
(UK) To pursue as in a hunt.
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He rode slowly towards them with a sulky expression on his face, chivvying the polo-ball with small strokes.
(UK) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.
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