Usually means: Traditional noisy mock serenade ritual.
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  1. charivari: Merriam-Webster
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  3. charivari: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Charivari, charivari: Wordnik
  7. charivari: Wiktionary
  8. charivari: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. charivari (chivaree): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. charivari: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Charivari, charivari: Dictionary.com
  12. Charivari (Gruber), Charivari (NY clothing store), Charivari (decorative chain), Charivari (disambiguation), Charivari (store), Charivari: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Charivari: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. charivari: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. charivari: Rhymezone
  16. Charivari: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. CHARIVARI: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  18. Charivari: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  19. charivari: FreeDictionary.org
  20. charivari: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. charivari: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  23. Charivari: World Wide Words
  24. Charivari: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. charivari: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (charivari)

noun:  The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
noun:  (by extension) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.

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