chivaree
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Jenny We'll soon be having a fine chivaree.
From The Follies of Love by Morlock, Frank J.
He knew that his name would lead the newspapers to haze him, as the rustic neighbors deride a rural couple with a noisy "chivaree."
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
But when they explained to me just how a chivaree was carried on, naturally I wanted in on the action.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar
"Well, it's the only chance we'll have to chivaree them," grumbled Dan.
From The Golden Road by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
I was only about nine years old, and I can't remember much about that one and only chivaree I ever attended.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
