mock+serenade
21charivari — noun /ʃɑːɹɪˈvɑːɹi,ʃɪvəˈɹiː/ a) The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. b) Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub …
22shivaree — noun /ʃɪvəˈɹiː/ a) The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. b) Any loud cacophonous noise or hubbub …
23CHARIVA`RI — a satirical journal, such as the English Punch; originally a discordant mock serenade …
24chivaree — n. raucous mock serenade made to a newly married couple by banging pans and kettles …
25shivaree — n. raucous mock serenade made for newlyweds by banging pans and kettles …
26shivarees — n. raucous mock serenade made for newlyweds by banging pans and kettles …
27charivari — n. [Fr.] Discordant music, mock serenade …
28charivari — /ʃarəˈvari/ (say shahruh vahree) noun (plural charivaris) a mock serenade of discordant noises made with pans, horns, etc., after a wedding. {French} …
29charivari — A mock serenade in which the musicians play on tin pans and kettles, old buckets, and the like for the purpose of calling persons out from their homes, particularly young married couples. Cherryvale v Hawman, 80 Kan 170, 101 P 994 …
30skimmington — ˈskimiŋtən noun ( s) Etymology: skimming (from gerund of skim) (I) + ton (as in surnames such as Washington); from the practice of representing the woman as beating h …
