shindig
pronunciation
How to pronounce shindig in British English:
UK [ˈʃɪndɪg]
How to pronounce shindig in American English:
US [ˈʃɪnˌdɪɡ]
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- Noun:
- a large and noisy party of people
Word Origin
- shindig (n.)
- "dance, party, lively gathering," 1871, probably from shindy "a spree, merrymaking" (1821), also "a game like hockey;" perhaps from shinty, name of a Scottish game akin to hockey (1771), earlier shinny (see shinny (n.)).
Example
- 1. An international shindig for nationalist groups
- 2. My schoolmate is having a shindig after school tonight .
- 3. We 're having quite a shindig tonight .
- 4. One bunch of non-governmental organisations ( ngos ) supports the shindig .
- 5. This is a great shindig !