callithump

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from calli- +‎ thump, or an alteration and backformation from "Gallithumpian", a Dorset and Devon word from 1790s for a society of radical social reformers, in reference to "noisy disturbers of elections and meetings === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæ.lɪ.θʌmp/ === Noun === callithump (plural callithumps) (US, colloquial, dated) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises. (US, colloquial, dated) A burlesque serenade; a charivari. ==== Derived terms ==== callithumpian === References === “callithump”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.