1. An annoying or troublesome situation, disturbance, or difficulty
   "he didn't want to make a shindy";
   - fuss, trouble, bother, hassle [informal], stink [informal]
    
2. A large and noisy party of people
   "They threw a wild shindy to celebrate graduation";
   - shindig [informal], jol [S.Africa, informal], knees-up [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: shindies

See also: carry-on [Brit, informal], commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], hurly burly, kerfuffle [Brit, informal], song and dance [Brit, informal], to-do [informal]

Type of: disturbance, party, perturbation

Encyclopedia: Shindy