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Chivvy Moderate

Chivvy has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.

Verb
1

annoy continually or chronically

"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

"This man harasses his female co-workers"

2

To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
annoy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
needle torment haze
Rhyming Words
nevvy luvvy govvy livvy divvy civvy bivvy revvy kevvy bevvy savvy navvy lavvy scavvy shivvy skivvy spivvy chavvy cybersavvy tech savvy
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