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

“To oblige me by not mentioning this little shindy to any one—will you?”

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

I was home an’ abed afore ye kem in, an’ ye was full of the shindy at Mis’ MacBride’s.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

Most up to the boss in a shindy, now, wasn’t she?

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.