CHARIVARI
- (French) a cacophonous mock-serenade performed for a wedding [n -S] to perform such a serenade also CHIVAREE, CHIVARI [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- A cacophonous mock serenade, typically performed by a group of people in derision of an unpopular person or in celebration of a marriage
- A series of discordant noises