chivvier

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A form of chivvy — To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

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Meanings

nounchivvier (plural chivviers)

plural chivviers

  1. agentAgent noun of chivvy: one who chivvies; especially a hunter.

    She greeted me with one of those piercing view-halloos which she had picked up on the hunting field in the days when she had been an energetic chivvier of the British fox.

    1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Origin

From chivvy + -er.

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APA

chivvier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chivvier

MLA

“chivvier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chivvier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chivvier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chivvier.

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