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

shindy

noun

/ˈʃɪndi/

/ˈʃɪndi/

(plural shindies)

(informal)

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a noisy argument
- to kick up a shindy
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Word Originearly 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of shinty.

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