charivari
noun
1 charivari
A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, chivaree, shivaree.
Roget 407:
roll
etc.
v.;
drumming
etc.
v.;
berloque†,
bombination†,
rumbling;
tattoo,
drumroll;
dingdong;
tantara†;
rataplan†;
whirr;
ratatat,
ratatat-tat;
rubadub;
pitapat;
quaver,
clutter,
charivari†,
racket;
cuckoo;
repetition
etc.
104;
peal of bells,
devil's tattoo;
reverberation
etc.
408.
[sound of railroad train rolling on rails]
clickety-clack.
hum,
purr.
[animals that hum]
hummingbird.
[animals that purr]
cat,
kitten
(animal sounds)
412.
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Roget 404:
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)
406;
resonance
etc.
408.
vociferation,
hullabaloo,
etc.
411;
lungs;
Stentor.
artillery,
cannon;
thunder.
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Dutch: kattemuziek, kattenmuziek, ketelmuziek
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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