Shinty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shinty is a noun meaning (sports, uncountable) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
Meaning
(sports, uncountable) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
More Meanings
- (sports, countable) The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.
Example Sentences
Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent.
To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press.
Word Forms
- shinties
Synonyms for shinty
Depending on context, synonyms include camanachd, caman.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shinney, shinny, caman, camanachd, hurling, shovelboard.
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