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Shinty

A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

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A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shinty"

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Word	Definition
shinneynoun	(obsolete) The game of hockey.
shinnynoun	(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
camannoun	Synonym of shinty (“stick used to hit the ball in the game of shinty”).
camanachdnoun	The game of shinty.
shindynoun	(slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
hurlingverb	The act by which something is hurled or thrown.
shovelboardnoun	Alternative form of shuffleboard. [(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.]
hockeynoun	Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
street hockeynoun	(Canada, US) An informal version of hockey (ice hockey) played on a quiet street, with a ball instead of a puck.
shufflepucknoun	(uncountable) The game of shuffleboard.
bandonoun	(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) A drug lair, a trap house.
skiddlesnoun	(dated) A game played on ice in which sticks are thrown at pins to knock them over.
schlockeynoun	(Canada) A box game variant of ice hockey, for two players, with two blade-less "schtick" sticks, a puck, a wooden box with two, three, or five slotted dividers, representing pass/shot opposition for the (possible) middle divider(s), and the goal slots for the two end dividers.
table shuffleboardnoun	(sports, games) A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard.
shuffleboardnoun	(uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
cockshynoun	An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.
sliotarnoun	A hard ball, similar in size to a baseball, used in hurling.
shoveboardnoun	The game of shuffleboard.
bulletingnoun	(Scotland) The game of road bowling.
fitbanoun	(Scotland, slang) football