Meaning of CHARIVARI
| Pronunciation: | | shu`rivu'ree
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| | Definition: | | [n] a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple |
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| | Synonyms: | | belling, callathump, callithump, chivaree, shivaree |
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| | See Also: | | serenade | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cha*ri`va*ri"\, n. [F.]
A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin
horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
Note: It was at first performed before the house of any
person of advanced age who married a second time.
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| | Related Terms: | | bedlam, Bedlam let loose, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, din, discord, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, flap, fracas, free-for-all, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, jangle, loud noise, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, racket, rattle, rhubarb, riding, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult, uproar |
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