charivari

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cha=riv=a=ri

CIDE DICTIONARY

charivari, n. [F.].

 A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.  [1913 Webster]
" It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

charivari, n. (also shivaree)
1 a serenade of banging saucepans etc. to a newly-married couple.
2 a medley of sounds; a hubbub.

Etymology

F, = serenade with pans, trays, etc., to an unpopular person

THESAURUS

charivari

Bedlam let loose, bedlam, blast, bobbery, brawl, brouhaha, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, din, discord, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, flap, fracas, free-for-all, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, jangle, loud noise, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, racket, rattle, rhubarb, riding, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult, uproar

ROGET THESAURUS

charivari

Loudness

N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.

Roll

N roll, drumming, berloque, bombination, rumbling, tattoo, drumroll, dingdong, tantara, rataplan, whirr, ratatat, ratatat-tat, rubadub, pitapat, quaver, clutter, charivari, racket, cuckoo, repetition, peal of bells, devil's tattoo, reverberation, clickety-clack, hum, purr, hummingbird, cat, kitten (animal sounds), rolling, monotonous, like a bee in a bottle.