Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob.
   fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a
   noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.]
   1. A cry used in hunting.

   2. A hunt; chase; pursuit.

   3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24.

Chevy \Chev"y\, v. t.
   See {Chivy}, v. t. [Slang, Eng.]

         One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in
         the storm for ten minutes.               --London
                                                  Times.

Source : WordNet®

chevy
     v : annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
         staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
         female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy},
          {chivvy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]