a dance, party, entertainment, or other gathering, esp. of an informal kind
Word origin
folk-etym. form of shindy, as if shin-dig, a jovial kick in the shin
Examples of 'shindig' in a sentence
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No political party can be faulted for moving its annual shindig away from the coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What, though, is the real purpose of this annual shindig?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At the party 's special shindig next March he has the opportunity to prove them wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There can be few more impressive ways to entertain than to throw a little shindig in your holiday bolt hole in Europe's most unusual and romantic city.