shindy

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shindy

/ˈʃɪndi/

Where it comes from

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

noun shindies · shindys

countable, uncountable A shindig. 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.
countable, slang, uncountable An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. "[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home."
countable, uncountable hockey; shinney […] 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.
US, countable, dated, dialectal, uncountable A fancy or liking. "Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. […]"

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@misc{shindy_2026,
  title = {shindy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shindy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}