Chevy Meaning
/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA hunt or pursuit; a chase.
nounA cry used in hunting.
Sentence Examples
Ziri drove a Chevy.
I drove a Chevy.
Ziri and Rima drove a Chevy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
My uncle restored an old blue ____ from 1967 in his garage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He drove his old ____ truck to the construction site this morning.
Word Origin & History
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 (“large country estate where game may be hunted”) 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The sergeants-major were always on the watch to report us if we went out of bounds. […] The moment we saw the sergeant-major, off we scampered over hedge, ditch, bog, and ploughed land, leaving him to catch or identify us if he could! […] Of all the serjeants-major, Howe, of the C company, ran the swiftest. Howe enjoyed these chivies. He frequently omitted to report us if we gave him a good breathing."
— 1846, “Portfire” [pseudonym], “Shots from an Old Six-pounder”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XX, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 243:
"[…] John, before taking his departure, had left the stable door and the front gate open, and that Tartar [a horse], having no halter on, had quietly walked out into the high road, and had been chevied up and down by the boys for the last quarter of an hour."
— 1868 January, “Miss Sophy’s Crutch”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation, volume XIII, number LXXIII, London: Office, 217, Piccadilly, W. [printed by William Clowes and Sons, […]], →OCLC, chapter I, page 76, column 1:
"Hostler Jack chevies the Pardoner, who drops his pan, […]"
— 1887, F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, W. G. Stone, editors, The Tale of Beryn, with a Prologue of the Merry Adventure of the Pardoner with a Tapster at Canterbury. Re-edited from the Duke of Northumberland’s Unique Ms. […] (Supplementary Canterbury Tales; 1), London: Publisht for the Chaucer Society by N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, marginal note, page 19:
"[I]t seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket."
— 1893 (indicated as 1894), A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Naval Treaty”, in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], →OCLC, page 215:
"St. John remains in the outer room, looks at the clock, […] chivies the tabby cat; counts the flitches of bacon hanging from the rafters; […]"
— 1869 August, [Rhoda Broughton], “Red as a Rose is She”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, chapter XVI, page 29:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My uncle restored an old blue ____ from 1967 in his garage.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He drove his old ____ truck to the construction site this morning.