shindy

[ shin-dee ]

/ ˈʃɪn di /

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noun, plural shin·dies.Informal.

a row; rumpus.

a shindig.

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Origin of shindy

1810–20; variant of obsolete shinty row, originally, game resembling field hockey, shinny¹

Words nearby shindy

Shimonoseki, shin, Shinar, shinbone, shindig, shindy, shine, shiner, shiner perch, shine up to, shingle

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How to use shindy in a sentence

Wouldn't you like to be back with us again, for the shindy that we are likely to have, tomorrow?
Under Wellington's Command|G. A. Henty
Mrs. Ranny told me he was up there, and I guessed there was a shindy.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice
But then you know that when you called to me I really thought you were in for a shindy.
The Three Partners|Bret Harte
Call upon Dr Jolliffe indeed, to get a couple of school-boys, whom he had fleeced, into a shindy!
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys|Lewis Hough

Then we had a shindy, and scared the dogs cold—bagged a few, but I guess nobody croaked—anyhow, none of our crowd.
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for shindy

shindy

/ (ˈʃɪndɪ) /

noun plural -dies informal

a quarrel or commotion (esp in the phrase kick up a shindy)

another word for shindig

Word Origin for shindy

C19: variant of shinty

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