shindig
29
8.6
- noun
- /ˈʃɪnˌdɪg/
- Informal
:
fiesta
- They'll go over to Slate's shindig for a while, then they'll come back here.
- a big shindig
- a little shindig
- an annual shindig
We low key go to the house and have a shindig like we got people over chilling.
- We low key go to the house and have a shindig like we got people over chilling.
- These weren't your workaday champagne intercourse shindigs.
Examples
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Amie and Jeff throw a rockin' shindig.
Fiction book (1998) -
For a last-minute shindig, they sure know how to roll out the hospitality!
Blog text (2) -
We're having a little shindig at the hotel after this.
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We heard about your shindig tonight.
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You boys put on quite a shindig here.
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What a shindig that was!
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Welcome to my little shindig.
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Man, looks like somebody had themselves one hell of a shindig.
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You're running security for Anna's big shindig tonight.
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We're having a little shindig at the hotel after this.
Synonyms
173
5.9
An informal dance party where popular music is played
56
4.2
A lively party or celebration with many people
12
8.8
A party where people drink beer from a large keg
2
7.8
A lively party with music, dancing, and fun
1
9.9
A lively noisy party with music and people celebrating
How Lively
- Informal
17
4.4
- Informal
29
8.6
- Informal
56
4.2
∞
1.0
- Informal
46
1.9
203
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shindig is an informal word for a lively, noisy party. A helpful way to remember it is to picture people dancing and 'kicking up their heels' — think of the playful parts shin and dig as a picture of legs and energy, so shindig means a big, joyful celebration.