shindy
/ˈʃɪndi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""Well, from what I hear," Dr. Buckie went on, complacently, "there'll be more shindies. So look out!""
- ""[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home.""
- "I always do sit with my hands in my pockets except when I am in the company of my sisters, my cousins, or my aunts; and they kick up such a shindy—I should say expostulate so eloquently upon the subject—that I have to give in and take them out—my hands I mean."
- "[…] it was like a Catholic priest striking peace in an Irish shindy."
- ""It's this way, mate," he said. "You know there was a bit of a shindy up at the university yesterday morning - maybe you was there?" I told him I'd seen it."
Etymology
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Slang
- American usage
- Dated