Verb:

Chivvy,

chivvy's Usage Examples:

The ballad has given the English language the verb to chivvy, meaning to pester or encourage someone to perform a task.

myself, as other people must have, that I was going to try to change him, to chivvy him up so that he got more involved, that he raised his ambitions.

Becky tries to chivvy Barnaby onto the big wheel but instead he goes on a strongman sideshow,.

their own style, though this resulted in slow over rates as he did not chivvy them along.

cash machine (automatic teller machine/ATM); child-minder (babysitter); chivvy (nag); clingfilm (Glad wrap/cling wrap); cooker (stove); crèche (child care.

the flowers he ordered have not yet been delivered, and he goes out to chivvy the florist.

have notified Microsoft so they could quietly issue a patch and really chivvy people along, long before it became a huge problem.

Infantry was sent to Louisville, Kentucky and split into small groups to chivvy moonshiners in Kentucky until 1872.

"skittish" and "impressively relentless" samba-hip house song "intended to chivvy the dancefloor along into delirium", with a jagged bassline that warps into.

Synonyms:

frustrate; plague; get at; dun; nettle; irritate; chafe; gravel; provoke; nark; crucify; get to; vex; goad; rile; chevvy; bother; rag; torment; chivy; beset; haze; bedevil; molest; chevy; annoy; harry; harass; hassle; devil; needle;

Antonyms:

calm; praise; clear up; orient; please;