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chivari

chivari 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 chivari

Noun
pluralchivaris
Verb
third-person singular presentchivaries
present participlechivariing
past participlechivaried
pastchivaried

Questions about chivari

What is chivari the alternative form of?
Chivari is the alternative form of shivaree.

Words near chivari in the dictionary

  1. chivalry
  2. chivaree
  3. chivareed
  4. chivareeing
  5. chivarees
  6. chivari
  7. chivaried
  8. chivaries
  9. chivariing
  10. chivaris
  11. chivarras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chivari (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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