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Chivvying

To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

📖 Definitions of "Chivvying"

verb
  1. 1

    To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.

  2. 2

    To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.

  3. 3

    To sneak up on or rapidly approach.

  4. 4

    To pursue as in a hunt.

    "to chivvy the fox"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of one who chivvies, or hurries somebody along; an urging.

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