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CALLATHUMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does callathump mean?
• CALLATHUMP (noun)
The noun CALLATHUMP has 2 senses:
2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Familiarity information: CALLATHUMP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noisy boisterous parade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
callathump; callithump; callithump parade
Hypernyms ("callathump" is a kind of...):
parade (a ceremonial procession including people marching)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
belling; callathump; callithump; charivari; chivaree; shivaree
Hypernyms ("callathump" is a kind of...):
serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)
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