Thesaurus / chivy
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
I should like to have seen one of 'em outside Chivy Wood to-day.
They are not in a hurry, nor "chivy" over their work either; the tides rise and fall slowly, and they work in correspondence.
THE OPEN AIRRICHARD JEFFERIES
After your soda and brandy take a good chivy in the open air, and you'll be all right by dinner-time.
JORROCKS' JAUNTS AND JOLLITIESROBERT SMITH SURTEES
I let the first class off easily, but the second I chivy through a whole year.
THE WIFE AND OTHER STORIESANTON CHEKHOV
They'd 'ave nobody to chivy 'em when they come to the throne, or returned from the wars.
I thought: "In a day or two I shall get to like her, and then I shan't be able to chivy her."
A DIARY WITHOUT DATESENID BAGNOLD
The objective of the R. Sussex on the left was the enemy's trenches along the Chivy road.
THE FIRST SEVEN DIVISIONSERNEST W. HAMILTON
It was an eternal game of chivy or hide-and-seek, each person being by turn the hunter and the hunted.
THE DIVINE FIREMAY SINCLAIR
Every year I have some seven such hopefuls whom, to express it in the students' slang, I "chivy" or "floor."
THE WIFE AND OTHER STORIESANTON CHEKHOV
WORDS RELATED TO CHIVY
- annoy
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bug
- chivy
- curdle
- dog
- drive
- give chase
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- leave no stone unturned
- persecute
- pester
- prod
- provoke
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- tail
- take out after
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- yap at
- annoy
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bug
- chivy
- curdle
- dog
- drive
- give chase
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- leave no stone unturned
- persecute
- pester
- prod
- provoke
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- tail
- take out after
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- yap at
- annoy
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bug
- chivy
- curdle
- dog
- drive
- give chase
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- leave no stone unturned
- persecute
- pester
- prod
- provoke
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- tail
- take out after
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- yap at
- accompany
- attend
- badger
- bait
- bird-dog
- bug
- camp on the doorstep of
- chivy
- dog
- fish
- give chase
- go after
- harass
- harry
- haunt
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- move behind
- nose around
- oppress
- persevere
- persist
- plague
- play catch up
- poke around
- prowl after
- ride
- run after
- run down
- scout out
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shadow
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- take out after
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
- accompany
- attend
- badger
- bait
- bird-dog
- bug
- camp on the doorstep of
- chivy
- dog
- fish
- give chase
- go after
- harass
- harry
- haunt
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- move behind
- nose around
- oppress
- persevere
- persist
- plague
- play catch up
- poke around
- prowl after
- ride
- run after
- run down
- scout out
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shadow
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- take out after
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
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