Shindig

//ˈʃɪn.dɪɡ// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A noisy party or festivities.

    "They'd get up a regular shindig, if it wasn't for making too much noise."

  2. 2
    a large and noisy party of people wordnet
  3. 3
    A noisy argument.

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"They'd get up a regular shindig, if it wasn't for making too much noise."

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of shindy, or from Scottish Gaelic sìnteag (“jump, leap”).

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