different between cheve vs chevy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chevir. See chievance.

Verb

cheve (third-person singular simple present cheves, present participle cheving, simple past and past participle cheved)

1. (intransitive, obsolete, dialect) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.

   to cheve well in a enterprise

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Anagrams

• veche

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cheveux (“hair”).

Noun

cheve

1. hair

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cive.

Noun

cheve

1. Alternative form of cyve

Etymology 2

From chef +? -e (adjective inflected form suffix).

Adjective

cheve

1. inflection of chef:
   1. weak singular
   2. strong/weak plural

Spanish

Etymology

Apocopic alteration of cerveza (“beer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ebe/, [?t??e.??e]

Noun

cheve f (plural cheves)

1. (slang, Mexico) beer

   Synonyms: cerveza, (slang) chela

Related terms

• chela

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?t??vi/
• Rhymes: -?vi
• Hyphenation: che?vy

Noun

chevy (countable and uncountable, plural chevies)

1. (countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
2. (countable) A cry used in hunting.
3. (uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.

Alternative forms

• chivy
• chivey

Translations

Verb

chevy (third-person singular simple present chevies, present participle chevying, simple past and past participle chevied)

1. (transitive) To chase or hunt.
2. (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
3. (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.
4. (transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy
5. (intransitive) To scurry.

   Synonym: scamper

Alternative forms

• chivy

Translations

See also

• Chevrolet

References