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    CALLITHUMP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married coupleplay

    Synonyms:

    belling; callathump; callithump; charivari; chivaree; shivaree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("callithump" is a kind of...):

    serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)

    Derivation:

    callithumpian (of or relating to a callithump)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A noisy boisterous paradeplay

    Synonyms:

    callathump; callithump; callithump parade

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("callithump" is a kind of...):

    parade (a ceremonial procession including people marching)

    Derivation:

    callithumpian (of or relating to a callithump)

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