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    CHEVVY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Annoy continually or chronicallyplay

    Example:

    This man harasses his female co-workers

    Synonyms:

    beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "chevvy" is one way to...):

    annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chevvy"):

    goad; needle (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism)

    bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)

    haze (harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

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