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chivy
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run after, pursue |
| Synonyms: | bird-dog, charge, chivy, course, drive, drive away, expel, follow, go after, hound, hunt, run down, rush, seek, shag, speed, take off after, tear, track, track down, trail |
| Antonyms: | escape, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | heckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jeer |
| Synonyms: | badger, bait, bother, bully, chivy, dis, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride*, ridicule, shout at, taunt, tease, torment, worry |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pursue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, follow |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, badger, bait, bird-dog, bug, camp on the doorstep of, chivy, dog*, fish*, give chase, go after, harass, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, hunt down, move behind, nose around, oppress, persevere, persist, plague, play catch up, poke around, prowl after, ride, run after, run down, scout out, search for, search high heaven, search out, seek, shadow, stalk, tag, tail, take out after, trace, track, track down, trail |
| Antonyms: | retreat, run away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bullyrag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidate |
| Synonyms: | annoy, antagonize, badger, bait, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, chivy, coerce, harass, heckle, hector, hound, menace, mistreat, taunt, tease, terrorize, threaten, torment |
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