Definition of shindig

shindig    

noun

• a party.

                                                                     
  
  Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a party, event, gathering, meeting.

  Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Sybil from Wahpeton, ND, USA on Sep 09 2005.

origin

• American version of "shindy", which the Oxford English Dictionary attests from 1821.

  Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 03 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'a party, event, gathering, meeting':
blowout	Definitions include: a big party.
bof	Definitions include: used to express displeasure, disagreement, disappointment, or disgust.
session	Definitions include: a period of time during which one engages sexually with another person.
sausage party	Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females.
do	Definitions include: to have sex with.
ABC party	Definitions include: "anything but clothes party".
bun fight	Definitions include: a grand party.
sausage fest	Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females.
TTITD	Definitions include: Burning Man.
smoke out	Definitions include: to smoke marijuana.
get together	Definitions include: to hook up.
presser	Definitions include: press conference.
hootenanny	Definitions include: a party.
party	Definitions include: a rave.
sword fight	Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females.
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