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Definition of “shindig

shindig (ˈʃɪnˌdɪɡPronunciation for shindig

Definitions

noun

informal 
  1. a noisy party, dance, etc
  2. another word for shindy

Word Origin

C19: variant of shindy

Usage examples

  • He had persuaded Tammy that she'd be bored by the shindig and arrived a day early to have some time with the widow.
    Clive Barker, THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)
  • According to an unnamed onlooker at the Chanel shindig , the wee warbler's mush "seems to have got considerably bigger over recent weeks.
    Megastar (2005)
  • Over on Channel 9 there's the annual shindig from Melbourne with Ray Martin as the congenial host.
    Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
  • This year, sports writer Micheal O Muircheartaigh and kids ' author Brian Jacques will be at the six-day shindig.
    Sun, News of the World (2005)
  • We had a great shindig at the Odeon Marble Arch for the opening of Carry On Behind.
    Davies, Russell (ed), The Kenneth Williams Letters (1994)

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