Charivari

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Charivari \Cha*ri`va*ri"\, n. [F.]
     A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin
     horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also
     {shivaree}.
  
     Syn: shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump.


          [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It was at first performed before the house of any
           person of advanced age who married a second time.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  charivari
       n : a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
           a newly married couple [syn: {shivaree}, {chivaree}, {callithump},
            {callathump}, {belling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "charivari":
     Bedlam let loose, bedlam, 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