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Definition of shindig noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shindig

noun

/ˈʃɪndɪɡ/

/ˈʃɪndɪɡ/

(informal)

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a big noisy party
Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy.

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