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CALLATHUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does callathump mean? 

CALLATHUMP (noun)
  The noun CALLATHUMP has 2 senses:

1. a noisy boisterous paradeplay

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

  Familiarity information: CALLATHUMP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLATHUMP (noun)


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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