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charivari
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. Note: It was at first performed before ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. 2 Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub. n. 1 The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Charivari (pronounced "schariwari") is a piece of traditional Bavarian costume jewellery made of solid silver or of rare silver-plated chain, adorned with trinkets, gemstone , coins (or possibly medals), horn discs, carved deer teeth, antlers , animal paws, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rough music," especially as a community way of expressing disapproval of a marriage match, 1735, from French charivari , from Old French chalivali "discordant noise made by pots and pans" (14c.), from Late Latin caribaria "a severe headache," from Greek ...
Usage examples of charivari.
In the future, if ever Lizzie so much as thinks of the Charivaris, one or other of the clan will suffer an undiagnosable twinge.
Celestial landing boat, Charivari and Yumi and some others from the Pearl waited.
Anonymous letters and the mob frenzy of the charivari are manifestations of cowardice, and Hel had an intelligent fear of cowards, who are always more dangerous than brave men, when they outnumber you or get a chance to strike from behind, because they are forced to do maximal damage, dreading as they do the consequences of retaliation, should you survive.
Loose glasses and a bottle overlooked by Charivari shattered into splinters.
Joseph and his devil-faced Scientific People outside, banging on the metal hull, going through the ritual of a scientific charivari for the newlyweds.
Moira made enough noise to split the asteroid open, but the scientific charivari was louder.
I see her yet in her raging passions, when we had driven her to extremities -- spilt our tea, crumbled our bread and butter, tossed our books up to the ceiling, and played a charivari with the ruler and desk, the fender and fire-irons.
With the helmet on his head, the hard cool curving bones of gods who had been worshiped by the races preceding humankind protecting his mind, the hellish charivari of the attacker ceased.
Beauchamp, keep that for the Corsaire or the Charivari, but spare my future father-in-law before me.
There was a loud chatter between the practitioners and their recumbent patients, a vocal charivari which stopped abruptly as Sheridan opened the door.
Ford must have ordered this little charivari the minute the time was set-and, at that, the integrators must have had a big low-pressure area close at hand to build on.
I can work up close in a small room or on the street, on a cabaret or theater stage, and I'm available for birthdays, charivaris, menarches, and bar mitzvahs.