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chivaree

chivaree is the alternative form of shivaree.

Meaning of shivaree

Verb

shivaree (third-person singular simple present shivarees, present participle shivareeing, simple past and past participle shivareed)

  1. (transitive) To serenade (a newly married couple) with the noisy banging of pots and pans.

Forms of chivaree

Noun
pluralchivarees
Verb
third-person singular presentchivarees
present participlechivareeing
past participlechivareed
pastchivareed

Questions about chivaree

What is chivaree the alternative form of?
Chivaree is the alternative form of shivaree.

Words near chivaree in the dictionary

  1. chivalries
  2. chivalrous
  3. chivalrously
  4. chivalrousness
  5. chivalry
  6. chivaree
  7. chivareed
  8. chivareeing
  9. chivarees
  10. chivari
  11. chivaried

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chivaree (page history and authors); shivaree (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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