English Dictionary

shindy

/ˈʃɪndi/

noun

A shindig. / (slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. / hockey; shinney / (US, dialect, dated) A fancy or liking.

We had a shindy last night.

意味（1）

A shindig.

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.

意味（2）

(slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.

[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home.

意味（3）

hockey; shinney

[…] what is even more disgusting still, I have seen children playing at shindy in a Churchyard, a skull used as a substitute for a ball, and large fragments of leg or arm-bones in the place of sticks.

意味（4）

(US, dialect, dated) A fancy or liking.

Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. […]