Usually means: Lively party with music, dancing.
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  1. shindig: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shindig: Merriam-Webster
  3. shindig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shindig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shindig: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shindig: Vocabulary.com
  7. Shindig, shindig: Wordnik
  8. shindig: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shindig: Wiktionary
  10. shindig: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. shindig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shindig: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shindig: Dictionary.com
  14. shindig: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Shindig (Firefly), Shindig (disambiguation), Shindig (software), Shindig (video chat platform), Shindig, Shindig, The Shindig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. shindig: Rhymezone
  17. shindig: FreeDictionary.org
  18. shindig: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Shindig: The Word Detective
  20. shindig: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Shindig: World Wide Words

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shindig: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A noisy party or festivities.
▸ noun:  A noisy argument.

Similar:
shindy, wingding, partay, shriekfest, shagfest, chinfest, shoutfest, hirdy-girdy, jollification, rage, more...

Opposite:
soiree, gathering, reception, party

Types:
birthday party, wedding reception, baby shower, retirement party, housewarming party, holiday gathering, cocktail party, game night, more...

Adjectives:
big, little, annual, whole, real, fancy, next, last, political, proper, particular
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Similar:
shindy, wingding, partay, shriekfest, shagfest, chinfest, shoutfest, hirdy-girdy, jollification, rage, more...

Opposite:
soiree, gathering, reception, party

Types:
birthday party, wedding reception, baby shower, retirement party, housewarming party, holiday gathering, cocktail party, game night, more...

Adjectives:
big, little, annual, whole, real, fancy, next, last, political, proper, particular



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