a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
2.
Informal. an elaborate, noisy celebration.
verb (used with object), shivareed, shivareeing.
3.
to serenade with a shivaree.
Origin
1835-45, Americanism; alteration of Mississippi Valley French,Frenchcharivaricharivari
British Dictionary definitions for shivaree
charivari
/ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːrɪ/
noun
1.
a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
2.
a confused noise; din
Word Origin
C17: from French, from Late Latin caribaria headache, from Greek karēbaria, from karē head + barus heavy
shivaree
/ˌʃɪvəˈriː/
noun (US & Canadian)
1.
a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
2.
a confused noise; din
Also (esp dialect) charivari
Word Origin and History for shivaree
n.
1843, earlier sherrie-varrie (1805), alteration of charivari. Century Dictionary describes it as "vulgar, southern U.S.;" OED describes it as "U.S. and Cornwall."