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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chivvy . - noun Plural form of
chivvy .
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Examples
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Set to Rossini's titular score, it chivvies and inspires its dancers to delicious extremes of virtuosity, extravagantly sustained poses, scintillating footwork and wicked speeds.
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Competition is messy and wasteful, but it also chivvies companies to discover or invent opportunity.
The Phone Wars Aren't Over Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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He gathers up the bags, chivvies the children into their shoes and coats.
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Set to Rossini's titular score, it chivvies and inspires its dancers to delicious extremes of virtuosity, extravagantly sustained poses, scintillating footwork and wicked speeds.
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An ordinary cat I should have shot out, but Thomas Henry was not the cat one chivvies.
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But the joy of a historical novel is that it chivvies the dead into dancing life, revealing the humanity that has flaked away from the official record.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk Olivia Laing 2009
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That's not the only good line this week either: "You hold her hand, I'll pull her hair," she says as she chivvies Lucas into interrogating Sarah further.
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That's not the only good line this week either: "You hold her hand, I'll pull her hair," she says as she chivvies Lucas into interrogating Sarah further.
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"It's lucky to chivvy the hawk what chivvies a magpie.
The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" George Henry Borrow 1842
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