to chivvy

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von to chivvy im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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avlanmak

{f} avlamak

{f} sıkmak

{f} rahatsız etmek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von to chivvy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To subject to harassment or verbal abuse

To sneak up on or rapidly approach

To coerce, as by persistent request

To pursue as in a hunt

to chivvy the fox.

annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat! He chivvies the troops along with a few well-directed words. to try to make someone do something more quickly, especially in an annoying way chivvy sb along/up (Chevy Chase, place near the border between England and Scotland where a battle was fought in 1388)

A goad

{f} nag; pester somebody; annoy someone persistently

Silbentrennung

to chiv·vy