callithump
/ˈkæ.lɪ.θʌmp/
callithump noun: a somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
Noun
callithump (plural callithumps)
- 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
- A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
Forms of callithump
| plural | callithumps |
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Origin of callithump
Uncertain. Perhaps from calli- + thump, or an alteration and backformation from "Gallithumpian", a Dorset and Devon word from 1790s for a society of radical social reformers, in reference to "noisy disturbers of elections and meetings"
Words formed from callithump
Questions about callithump
- What does callithump mean?
- Callithump means a somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
- What part of speech is callithump?
- Callithump is a noun.
- How do you pronounce callithump?
- Callithump is pronounced /ˈkæ.lɪ.θʌmp/.
- What is the plural of callithump?
- The plural of callithump is callithumps.
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