[syn: shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
callathump \callathump\ n.
1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn: callithump, callithump parade.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles)
to a newly married couple.
Syn: shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Callithump \Cal"li*thump`\, n.
A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of
tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque
serenade; a charivari. [U. S.] [Also spelled callathump.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
callathump
n 1: a noisy boisterous parade [syn: callithump, callathump,
callithump parade]
2: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a
newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree,
charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]