Definitions

shindy

[shin-dee] / ˈʃɪn di /

NOUN

disturbance or party

Synonyms

STRONG

bash carousal commotion dance disturbance fancy fracas frolic merrymaking party revel riot row shindig spree uproar

Antonyms

STRONG

calm peace quiet tranquility

Example Sentences

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Bennett in-laws and ex-s turned up at Manhattan's glittery El Morocco, opened the nightclub shindy season.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Turks would treat any attacker to a first-rate shindy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why, man, we had the most infernal shindy yesterday ever kicked up between two full-blown lunatics.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

If he comes when the Wakes are on there will be a shindy!...

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

I recollect another shindy I had when attending the traps.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.