chevy

Meanings

Noun

• A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
• A cry used in hunting.
• The game of prisoners' bars.

Verb

• To chase or hunt.
• To vex or harass with petty attacks.
• To maneuver or secure gradually.
• Alternate spelling of chivvy
• To scurry.

Origin

• The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase in the Cheviot Hills between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, and is thought to allude to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388.
• The verb is derived from the noun.