callithump Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a noisy boisterous parade
    callathump; callithump parade.
  2. noun a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
    chivaree; belling; charivari; shivaree; callathump.

WordNet


Cal"li*thump` noun
Definitions
  1. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. U. S.

Webster 1913