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Meaning of Shindig | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈʃɪn.dɪɡ

Definitions

  1. A noisy party or festivities.
  2. A noisy argument.

Equivalents

العربية الحفلة
Bosanski festival
Français fiesta
Gàidhlig hòro-gheallaidh
Hrvatski festival
Kurdî festîval
Polski biesiada
Português arrasta-pé
Српски festival

Examples

“They'd get up a regular shindig, if it wasn't for making too much noise.”
“"That's a darn shame. Well–I suppose you're waiting for somebody to take you out to some big shindig, Sir Gerald." "Shindig? Oh. Shindig. No, to tell you the truth, I was wondering what the deuce I could do this evening[…]"”
“There was bound to be a New Year's shindig going on in his apartment down on Las Palmas.”
“Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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