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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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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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