HyperDic: chivaree

English > 1 sense of the word *chivaree*:
NOUN	communication	chivaree, shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling	a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

English > *chivaree*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Synonyms	shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling
Broader	serenade	A song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
Spanish	campanazo, cencerrada, serenata