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shindig

Syllables: shin·dig/ˈʃɪn.dɪɡ/

shindig noun: a noisy party or festivities.

shindig: a noisy party or festivities
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Noun

shindig (plural shindigs)

  1. A noisy party or festivities.
    • They'd get up a regular shindig, if it wasn't for making too much noise.1861, “Mr. and Mrs. Rasher”, in Godey's Magazine, volume 62, page 348
    • "That's a darn shame. Well–I suppose you're waiting for somebody to take you out to some big shindig, Sir Gerald." "Shindig? Oh. Shindig. No, to tell you the truth, I was wondering what the deuce I could do this evening[…]"1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIX, in Babbitt, section III
  2. A noisy argument.

shindig meaning in Tamil

shindig in Tamil

இன்விருந்து

Forms of shindig

pluralshindigs

Origin of shindig

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of shindy, or from Scottish Gaelic sìnteag (“jump, leap”).

Questions about shindig

What does shindig mean?
Shindig means a noisy party or festivities.
What is shindig in Tamil?
Shindig in Tamil is இன்விருந்து. See Shindig meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shindig?
Shindig is a noun.
How do you pronounce shindig?
Shindig is pronounced /ˈʃɪn.dɪɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of shindig?
The plural of shindig is shindigs.

Words near shindig in the dictionary

  1. Shinde
  2. ShinDeku
  3. Shindes
  4. shindeshi
  5. shindies
  6. shindig
  7. shindiggery
  8. shindigs
  9. shindle
  10. shindled
  11. Shindler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shindig (page history and authors); shindig (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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