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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple;
[syn: shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bell \Bell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belling.] To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat. [1913 Webster] 2. To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belling \Bell"ing\, n. [From Bell to bellow.] A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

belling n 1: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]