/shiv'euh ree", shiv"euh ree', sheuh riv'euh ree"/ or, esp. Brit., /shahr'euh vahr"ee/ , n. , pl. charivaris , v.t., charivaried, charivariing .
shivaree.
Also, chivaree, chivari .
[ caribaria headache karebaría, equiv. to kare-, comb. form of kára, káre head + -baria ( bar ( ys ) heavy + -ia -IA), on the hypothesis that such a noisy procession would cause a headache ]