CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHIVVING
PRESENT
Present
I chivving
you chivving
he/she/it chivvings
we chivving
you chivving
they chivving
Present continuous
I am chivvinging
you are chivvinging
he/she/it is chivvinging
we are chivvinging
you are chivvinging
they are chivvinging
Present perfect
I have chivvinged
you have chivvinged
he/she/it has chivvinged
we have chivvinged
you have chivvinged
they have chivvinged
Present perfect continuous
I have been chivvinging
you have been chivvinging
he/she/it has been chivvinging
we have been chivvinging
you have been chivvinging
they have been chivvinging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I chivvinged
you chivvinged
he/she/it chivvinged
we chivvinged
you chivvinged
they chivvinged
Past continuous
I was chivvinging
you were chivvinging
he/she/it was chivvinging
we were chivvinging
you were chivvinging
they were chivvinging
Past perfect
I had chivvinged
you had chivvinged
he/she/it had chivvinged
we had chivvinged
you had chivvinged
they had chivvinged
Past perfect continuous
I had been chivvinging
you had been chivvinging
he/she/it had been chivvinging
we had been chivvinging
you had been chivvinging
they had been chivvinging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will chivving
you will chivving
he/she/it will chivving
we will chivving
you will chivving
they will chivving
Future continuous
I will be chivvinging
you will be chivvinging
he/she/it will be chivvinging
we will be chivvinging
you will be chivvinging
they will be chivvinging
Future perfect
I will have chivvinged
you will have chivvinged
he/she/it will have chivvinged
we will have chivvinged
you will have chivvinged
they will have chivvinged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chivvinging
you will have been chivvinging
he/she/it will have been chivvinging
we will have been chivvinging
you will have been chivvinging
they will have been chivvinging
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would chivving
you would chivving
he/she/it would chivving
we would chivving
you would chivving
they would chivving
Conditional continuous
I would be chivvinging
you would be chivvinging
he/she/it would be chivvinging
we would be chivvinging
you would be chivvinging
they would be chivvinging
Conditional perfect
I would have chivving
you would have chivving
he/she/it would have chivving
we would have chivving
you would have chivving
they would have chivving
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chivvinging
you would have been chivvinging
he/she/it would have been chivvinging
we would have been chivvinging
you would have been chivvinging
they would have been chivvinging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you chivving
we let´s chivving
you chivving
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
chivvinged
Present Participle
chivvinging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIVVING»
Discover the use of
chivving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chivving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City
Hill insisted that 'chivving', as he referred to it, was only used as a last resort. After
someone glassed him in a pub, he pulled the glass out of his face with one hand
and set about chivving his assailant with the other, wounding with surgical ...
He was still hang around the estate, smoked his spliff and looked every bit the
bad guy, but now he walked away when his friends talked about chivving
someone or turning over someone's drum. All he needed now was a chance at a
job and ...
3
Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
3 Tu me scies (le dos)! You're a bloody pain in the arse!— You're a damn
nuisance! scion n. m. 'Chiv', blade, knife. Donner un coup de scion: To 'knife', to
stab. scionnage n. m. 'Chivving', 'knifing', stabbing. scionner v. trans. To 'knife', to
stab.
E A Lovatt Esq, R J H, R. J. H 'erail, 2005
4
Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army: The Official List of Soe ...
The only flaw in his character that they identified was that when in the company of
women, his 'incorrigible chivving [sic] of them makes him a target of their vanity
and arouses the amused interest of others'. His first SOE mission began when ...
John Grehan, Martin Mace, 2012
5
Teachers' Lives And Careers
Settling inthese students and initiating any necessary changes of course, while
chivving upper sixth reUCCAand other career matters—they simply wouldn't get
roundto applying for anything otherwise; 3. Starting career discussions withfirst ...
Dr Stephen J Ball, Stephen Ball, Ivor F Goodson, 2002
... apparently over. Snapping out of his shocked thrall, fumbling and trembling in
guilty haste, he re—clad the huge picture in its inner sheath. Blinking tears from
his lashes, he was chivving it into its outer envelope, wiping his wet face on his ...
7
The World's Most Evil Gangs
After all, chivving is chivving, but cutting an artery is usually murder. Only mugs
domurder.' Both Spot andHill wereplanning their retirementby 1953– the same
year thattheymet apair of violent young East End twins, Ronnie and Reginald
Kray.
8
Billy Hill: Godfather of London - The Unparalleled Saga of ...
After all, chivving is chivving, but cutting anartery isusually murder. Only mugs do
murder.” Evenwhen talkingabout violence, Billy Hill wasalways ableto make it
sound like a reasonable response to aproblem. Itwas controlled, and all
decisions ...
9
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Vbl n., chivving. Charles E. Leach, On Top of the Underworld, 1933. chiv-rnan. A
criminal that is a professional knifer: c.: C.20. (Pawnshop Murder.) Cf. chivver.
CHOCCY chivalry. Sexual intercourse: late C.18-19: low: ex Lingua Franca.
Yet these officers united in a report rendered to the President on the 7th of
January, 1868, in which they use the following language in reference to the "
Chivving- ton massacre " and the Cheyenne war of 1864 : — "No one -will be
astonished ...
Francis Amasa Walker, 1874
