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n. Regional See shivaree. See Regional Note at shivaree.

n. The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.

n. Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.

n. A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.

n. A mock serenade, with kettles, horns, etc., intended as an annoyance or insult.

n. [capitalized] The name of a satirical journal founded in Paris in 1832.

To treat to a charivari.

n. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

"Regional Note: Shivaree is the most common American regional form of charivari, a French word meaning "a noisy mock serenade for newlyweds" and probably deriving in turn from a Late Latin word meaning "headache.""

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