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Etymology edit

From Middle English tervien, from Old English *tyrfian. See terve.

Verb edit

tervy (third-person singular simple present tervies, present participle tervying, simple past and past participle tervied)

  1. (intransitive) To struggle; kick or tumble about, as to get free.