Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shinty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: shin-ty
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

Uncountable

noun

The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent."
"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."

Etymology

Unknown

Usage

Inflected Forms

shinties (plural)

Synonyms

camanachd caman

Rhymes With

minty inti squinty flinty quinte teosinte linty glinty

Questions

What does shinty mean?: A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
Where does shinty come from?: Unknown

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