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Charivari

//ʃɑːɹɪˈvɑːɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. countable, uncountable

    "The marriage ceremony was given primordial significance over folkloric pre-marriage engagement rituals and wild charivaris."

  2. 2
    a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple wordnet
  3. 3
    Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub. broadly, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From French charivari.

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