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

New chum, a recent immigrant. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. associated on close terms. [ informal ]
Syn. -- thick(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a stupid person; a fool; a dolt; also, a dupe. [ PJC ]

Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to please. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- amiable, agreeable, good-humored, likable, likeable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: (a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. [ 1913 Webster ]

But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. Byron.

(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imposition or hoax. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Cf. Hem, interj. ] An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

These shrugs, these hums and ha's. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating. ] A kind of strong drink formerly used. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Venous hum. See under Venous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cloudy messenger turns me his back,
And hums. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. Hum, interj. ] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here the spectators hummed. Trial of the Regicides. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To express satisfaction with by humming. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [ Colloq. & Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sprung of humans that inhabit earth. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

We humans often find ourselves in strange position. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To err is human; to forgive, divine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination. Sportswood. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.

Syn. -- Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful.

-- Hu*mane"ly, adv. -- Hu*mane"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The humanifying of the divine Word. H. B. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The study of the humanities; polite learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A doctrine or ethical point of view that emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejects claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stresses the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism. [ PJC ]

2. One who pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One versed in knowledge of human nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person with a strong concern for human welfare, especially one who emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejecting claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stressing the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism; an adherent of humanism. [ PJC ]

2. Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of, related to, or adhering to, humanism{ 4 }; humanitarian{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of humans and human societies; a philanthropist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations. [ 1913 Webster ]