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CHIVAREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Synonyms:
belling; callathump; callithump; charivari; chivaree; shivaree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chivaree" is a kind of...):
serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)
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