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to shivoo

to shivoo

9.9
To join a noisy, cheerful party with music and dancing
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : celebrar
  • After their exams, the friends decided to shivoo all night at the local club.

Examples

  • Whenever there is a holiday, the neighbors love to shivoo together in the backyard.

  • The team promised to shivoo if they won the championship game.

  • They love to shivoo on weekends.

  • We shivood all night long!

  • After finishing their project, the coworkers decided to shivoo at the nearby bar.

  • To celebrate her promotion, she planned to shivoo with her friends at a trendy restaurant.

  • Every summer, the community gathers to shivoo during the annual block party.

Synonyms

to riot
vsto shivoo
  • Informal
4 7.1

To celebrate loudly and behave in a wild noisy way

is usually less boisterous and not necessarily drunken
to make whoopee
vsto shivoo
  • Archaic
1 8.7

Enjoy a loud, lively party with dancing and drinking

is used for joining a lively noisy party rather than focusing on personal pleasure
to jollify
vsto shivoo
  • Archaic
9.8

Celebrate loudly with singing, dancing, and drinking

is used more broadly for joining any lively noisy party, not only drinking ones
carousing
vsto shivoo
7.9

Noisy, lively behavior at a party where people drink a lot

is broader, meaning join any lively noisy party, not only drunken revelry

Antonyms

466 2.8

To stop taking part in a place or activity

191 3.0

Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies

How Lively

to revel
17 4.9
to shivoo
  • Archaic
9.9
to party
  • Informal
298 3.0
to get together
  • Informal
644 2.0

Surface Forms

shivoo infinitive
shivooed past
shivooed past participle
shivooing present participle

Etymology

Shivoo as a verb comes from the same old word shivaree and French charivari, words for a 'noisy celebration'. So, to shivoo is to celebrate loudly and take part in a joyful, noisy gathering.