Etymology

shindig

shin·dig
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Scottish Gaelic sìnteag
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromsìnteag“jump, leap”
  2. English todayshindig

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

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