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Verb: chivy (chivvied,chivvying)  chi-vee
  1. Annoy continually or chronically
    "This man chivies his female co-workers";
    - harass, hassle, harry, chivvy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest, provoke

Derived forms: chivies, chivvying

Type of: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit], nettle, rag, rile, vex

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chittimwood
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chive
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Chiwere
chlamydeous
Chlamydera
Chlamydera nuchalis
chlamydia
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydiaceae
chlamydial
Chlamydomonadaceae