callathump

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    
from 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]
    

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