• Chevy

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈtʃɛvi/
    • Rhymes: -É›vi

    Origin

    Probably from The Ballad of Chevy Chase, the scene of a battle celebrated in a number of early ballads.

    Full definition of chevy

    Noun

    chevy

    (plural chevies)
    1. A hunt or pursuit.

    Verb

    1. to hunt or chase
      • 1893: On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Naval Treaty’ (Norton 2005, p.666)
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