| 释义 |
callithump, n. and v. U.S. colloq.|ˈkælɪθʌmp|
[App. back-formation from next.]
A. n. A callithumpian band; = charivari.
B. v. intr. (See quot. 1888.)
1856Hall College Words (ed. 2) 342 The band corresponds to the Calliathump of Yale. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 589 Callithump seems..to be of American origin. It represents the French charivari, the German Katzenmusik. 1888Farmer Americanisms, To callithump, to caterwaul; to produce discordant ‘musical’ sounds by means of instruments, either incongruous in themselves or in conjunction—such as tin kettles, bells, rattles, etc. |