shindig

noun /ˈʃɪn.dɪɡ/

1. A noisy party or festivities.

   They'd get up a regular shindig, if it wasn't for making too much noise.

2. A noisy argument.

Where it comes from

Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of shindy, or from Scottish Gaelic sìnteag (“jump, leap”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry shindig (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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