[ noun ] a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple <noun.communication>
Charivari \Cha*ri`va*ri"\, n. [F.] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also {shivaree}.
Syn: shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump.
Note: It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.