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n. 1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [ U. S. ] [ Also spelled callathump. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v. t. ] 1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. [ 1913 Webster ]

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Thumped p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping. ] To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, thumps. [ 1913 Webster ]