verb

• (transitive, British) To coerce or hurry along, as by persistent request.
  "Odd's wouns! it was a proper hunt. Away went my gentlemen, whooping like madmen, with their coat skirts flapping in the breeze, chivying on the dogs and having a rare morning's sport."
• (transitive, British) To subject to harassment or verbal abuse.
  "He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres."
• (transitive, British) To sneak up on or rapidly approach.
• (transitive, British) To pursue as in a hunt.
  "to chivvy the fox"

noun

• (British) Something that encourages one to act; a goad, a spur.
  "Although Mr [Paul] Hatcher is not sure how popular the site will be he has designed it to handle up to 10,000 requests an hour. "It's just there to act as a chivvy to London Underground," he said."