chivvy
- v annoy continually or chronically
- The British may find it impossible to chivvy their Polish allies into a change.
- He has no sooner wound up a mild flirtation with a lunchroom girl than two men chivvy him into an alley and work him back forth like a rockinghorse, one hammering at his solar .
- On his return to the Press, where he writes a fishing column, he also found time to write stories on the handicapped and chivvy personnel managers into hiring them.