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calathump

calathump is the alternative form of callithump.

Meaning of callithump

Noun

callithump (plural callithumps)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
    • You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July. It has something to do with brazen trumpets and violence. I became acquainted with callithump when I straightened out the asparagus-bed.1919, Albert Bigelow Paine, Dwellers in Arcady: The Story of an Abandoned Farm
  2. (US, colloquial, dated) A burlesque serenade; a charivari.

Forms of calathump

pluralcalathumps

Questions about calathump

What is calathump the alternative form of?
Calathump is the alternative form of callithump.

Words near calathump in the dictionary

  1. calathids
  2. calathiform
  3. calathis
  4. calathoi
  5. calathos
  6. calathump
  7. calathumpian
  8. calathumps
  9. calathus
  10. calatoxin
  11. calatoxins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calathump (page history and authors); callithump (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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