shinty
shinty noun: a game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
Noun
shinty (countable and uncountable, plural shinties)
- A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
- Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 278
- To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 156
- Synonyms:
- camanachd
- The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.
- Synonyms:
- caman
shinty meaning in Tamil
shinty in Tamil
- பளபளப்பான
Synonyms of shinty
Forms of shinty
| plural | shinties |
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Origin of shinty
Unknown
Words that rhyme with shinty
Questions about shinty
- What does shinty mean?
- Shinty means a game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
- What is shinty in Tamil?
- Shinty in Tamil is பளபளப்பான. See Shinty meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shinty?
- Shinty is a noun.
- What is the plural of shinty?
- The plural of shinty is shinties.
Words near shinty in the dictionary
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