shinty

US and Canadian shinny (ˈʃɪnɪ)

/ (ˈʃɪntɪ) /

nounplural -ties or -nies

a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
the stick used in this game

verb-ties, -tying or -tied or US and Canadian -nies, -nying or -nied (intr)

to play shinty

Origin of shinty

C17: possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound

Words Nearby shinty

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How to use shinty in a sentence

He lay hold on an oaken shinty stick that hung on the wall, property of the ferry-house landlord's son.
John Splendid | Neil Munro
The shinty fell bos, and our hero took to it for the highway to the north.
The Lost Pibroch | Neil Munro
It is supposed that their worships were under the impression that billiards was a new form of shinty.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 | Various
Occasionally a shinty or "clubbing" match takes place on New Year's day.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire | John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
We read of one zealot devoting a whole winter to the task of combating shinty and tobacco.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland | Daniel Turner Holmes

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