shivari

English

Noun

shivari (plural shivaris)

(rare) Alternative form of shivaree
- 1956, Collier's, volumes 138-139, page 48:
  When she and Maurice returned from their honeymoon — most of which was spent in Des Moines, buying furniture — practically the entire town of New Providence turned out and gave them a "shivari."

Verb

shivari (third-person singular simple present shivaries, present participle shivariing, simple past and past participle shivaried)

(rare) Alternative form of shivaree
- 1910, Nellie L. McClung, The Second Chance, page 350:
  […] the time the boys 'shivaried' him. You see, just the day after the first woman was buried old Bill started in to paint up his buckboard, and as soon as the paint was dry he was off huntin' up another woman; and he got her, too […]