Shindy

//ˈʃɪndi// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shindig. countable, uncountable

    "She and Eileen are giving a shindy for Gladys—that's Gerald's new acquisition, you know. So if you don't mind butting into a baby-show we'll run down."

  2. 2
    a large and noisy party of people wordnet
  3. 3
    An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. countable, slang, uncountable

    ""[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home.""

  4. 4
    hockey; shinney countable, uncountable

    "[…] what is even more disgusting still, I have seen children playing at "shindy" in a Churchyard, a skull used as a substitute for a ball, and large fragments of leg or arm-bones in the place of sticks."

  5. 5
    A fancy or liking. US, countable, dated, dialectal, uncountable

    ""Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. […]""

Etymology

Uncertain; compare shinney, shinty. Tentatively suggested to be a compound of the Irish words seinn (“play, sing”) and tí (“house”).

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