chivvy

v., -vied, or -ied, -vy·ing, or -y·ing, -vies, or -ies.

v.tr.

1. To vex or harass with petty attacks: political opponents who chivvied the senator.
2. To maneuver or secure gradually: "had spent two weeks chivvying this division toward combat readiness" (Tom Clancy).

v.intr.
To scurry.

n., pl., -vies, or -ies.

1. A hunt or chase.
2. A hunting cry.

[Variant of chevy, a hunt, hunting cry, from Chevy Chase, title of a ballad about a border skirmish, from Cheviot Chase, a large unenclosed hunting tract in the Cheviot Hills.]

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: annoy continually or chronically
  Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke

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