单词 | chivvy |
释义 | chivvyn. = face n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] leera700 nebeOE onseneeOE wlitec950 anlethOE nebshaftc1225 snouta1300 facec1300 visage1303 semblantc1315 vicea1325 cheera1350 countenance1393 front1398 fashiona1400 visurec1400 physiognomyc1425 groina1500 faxa1522 favour1525 facies1565 visor1575 complexiona1616 frontispiecea1625 mun1667 phiz1687 mug1708 mazard1725 physiog1791 dial plate1811 fizzog1811 jiba1825 dial1837 figurehead1840 Chevy Chase1859 mooey1859 snoot1861 chivvy1889 clock1899 map1899 mush1902 pan1920 kisser1938 boat1958 boat race1958 punim1965 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 246/2 Chivy (thieves), the face. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 99/1 Chivy or Chevy (thieves'), the face..: c. 1886. Music Hall Song. ‘'Aint he got an artful chevy.’ 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 29 Wot! wiv a chivey like that? 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 217 Yer orter seen Bill's chivey. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee x. 143 Just as if the Egyptians had carved your dial in stone, Hawley, just as if your hard chivvy was what it looks like—a stone. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot iii. 335 I can't keep this look of modest pride on my chivvy forever. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). chivvyv.1 To harry, harass, trouble, worry. ΚΠ 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 27 Feb. 37/1 Doris..and I chivvied the chicken around till we caught her. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 350/1 A small girl with a wire hook was chivvying the frying morsels about. 1924 Glasgow Herald 11 Mar. 7 For nearly an hour Mr Tom Shaw was teased and chivvied. 1932 E. Waugh Black Mischief ii. 73 Sakuyu warriors played hide and seek among the rocks, chivvying the last fugitives of the army of Seyid. 1951 R. Hoggart Auden iv. 122 Auden probably felt more justified in chivvying people. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 9 If they chivvied him, he would raise the red herring of his projected work. 1957 Economist 16 Nov. 564/2 The government that lends its signature to a treaty may fall, or be chivvied into tacitly revoking it by opposition leaders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chivvyv.2 slang. To ‘knife’; = chiv vb. at chiv n.3 Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > with razor chiv1725 razor1878 carve1929 chivvy1959 1959 A. Lejeune Crowded & Dangerous vii. 79 We wanted to go round and chivvy him. 1960 K. Hopkins Dead against Princ. iii. 22 He got chivvied at Brighton races. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1036/2 Chivey, chivvy (gen. as ppl. adj. chiv(v)ied), to slash (a person) with a knife..C[ent.] 20. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889v.11918v.21959 |
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