shivaree
a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple.
Informal. an elaborate, noisy celebration.
to serenade with a shivaree.
Origin of shivaree
1- Also charivari .
Words Nearby shivaree
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How to use shivaree in a sentence
Jest the same it 'ud sure surprise me if we didn't git some sort of a shivaree pahty afteh nightfall.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnOften the young men, stimulated with more or less “moonshine,” add the literally stunning compliment of a shivaree.
Our Southern Highlanders | Horace KephartI wanted to keep Man sober, and I tried to get him and his wife out of town before that shivaree of yours was pulled off.
Lonesome Land | B. M. BowerI wonder what poor old Elder Edkins would say now if he caught sight of me in this shivaree.
Lone Pine | R. B. (Richard Baxter) TownshendScales had fixed up for a crowd of hoodlums to shivaree them as they went.
Yellowstone Nights | Herbert Quick
British Dictionary definitions for shivaree
/ (ˌʃɪvəˈriː) /
a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
a confused noise; din
- Also (esp dialect): charivari
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