SHIVAREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does shivaree mean? • SHIVAREE (noun)
The noun SHIVAREE has 1 sense:
1. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Familiarity information: SHIVAREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHIVAREE (noun)
Meaning:
A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
belling; charivari; chivaree; shivaree; callathump; callithump
Hypernyms ("shivaree" is a kind of...):
serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)
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