Meaning of "shinty" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHINTY

Possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHINTY

shinty  [ˈʃɪntɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHINTY

Shinty is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shinty in English.

WHAT DOES SHINTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shinty

Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated. While comparisons are often made with field hockey, the two games have several important differences. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a caman, which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling but has developed different rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association. A composite rules shinty–hurling game has been developed, which allows Scotland and Ireland to play annual international matches.

Definition of shinty in the English dictionary

The first definition of shinty in the dictionary is a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end. Other definition of shinty is the stick used in this game. Shinty is also to play shinty.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHINTY

PRESENT

Present

I shinty

you shinty

he/she/it shinties

we shinty

you shinty

they shinty

Present continuous

I am shintying

you are shintying

he/she/it is shintying

we are shintying

you are shintying

they are shintying

Present perfect

I have shintied

you have shintied

he/she/it has shintied

we have shintied

you have shintied

they have shintied

Present perfect continuous

I have been shintying

you have been shintying

he/she/it has been shintying

we have been shintying

you have been shintying

they have been shintying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shintied

you shintied

he/she/it shintied

we shintied

you shintied

they shintied

Past continuous

I was shintying

you were shintying

he/she/it was shintying

we were shintying

you were shintying

they were shintying

Past perfect

I had shintied

you had shintied

he/she/it had shintied

we had shintied

you had shintied

they had shintied

Past perfect continuous

I had been shintying

you had been shintying

he/she/it had been shintying

we had been shintying

you had been shintying

they had been shintying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shinty

you will shinty

he/she/it will shinty

we will shinty

you will shinty

they will shinty

Future continuous

I will be shintying

you will be shintying

he/she/it will be shintying

we will be shintying

you will be shintying

they will be shintying

Future perfect

I will have shintied

you will have shintied

he/she/it will have shintied

we will have shintied

you will have shintied

they will have shintied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shintying

you will have been shintying

he/she/it will have been shintying

we will have been shintying

you will have been shintying

they will have been shintying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shinty

you would shinty

he/she/it would shinty

we would shinty

you would shinty

they would shinty

Conditional continuous

I would be shintying

you would be shintying

he/she/it would be shintying

we would be shintying

you would be shintying

they would be shintying

Conditional perfect

I would have shinty

you would have shinty

he/she/it would have shinty

we would have shinty

you would have shinty

they would have shinty

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shintying

you would have been shintying

he/she/it would have been shintying

we would have been shintying

you would have been shintying

they would have been shintying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shinty
we let´s shinty
you shinty

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shinty

Past participle

shintied

Present Participle

shintying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SHINTY

Find out the translation of shinty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shinty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shinty» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 简化曲棍球
• Translator English - Spanish: shinty
• English: shinty
• Translator English - Hindi: शिंटी
• Translator English - Arabic: لعبة الصولجان
• Translator English - Russian: детский хоккей
• Translator English - Portuguese: shinty
• Translator English - Bengali: সিন্টি
• Translator English - French: shinty
• Translator English - Malay: Shinty
• Translator English - German: shinty
• Translator English - Japanese: shinty
• Translator English - Korean: shinty
• Translator English - Javanese: Shinty
• Translator English - Vietnamese: shinty
• Translator English - Tamil: ஷிண்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: चमक
• Translator English - Turkish: shinty
• Translator English - Italian: shinty
• Translator English - Polish: shinty
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дитячий хокей
• Translator English - Romanian: shinty
• Translator English - Greek: shinty
• Translator English - Afrikaans: shinty
• Translator English - Swedish: Shinty
• Translator English - Norwegian: shinty

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHINTY»

Discover the use of shinty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shinty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports

But shinty and Scotland is not an exclusive association. While Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language helps uncover linguistic evidence of the game being played across Scotland in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Wright's ...

Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew, 2005

Shinty Teams: Inverness Shinty Club, University Shinty, ...

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General Books LLC, Source Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010

Camanachd!: The Story of Shinty

In this revised and updated edition of his much-acclaimed book, Roger Hutchinson shows how the game stubbornly survived in Highland glens, on island shores and in public parks as far afield as Wimbledon and Edinburgh, until a series of ...

Roger Hutchinson, 2004

Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present

—JOHN TOWNES Bibliography: Stathoplos, Demmie. (1995) “Silver Threads among the Gold.”Sports Illustrated (3 July). Wilson, Lillie. (1991) “At the Senior Olympics.”American Demographics (May).Shinty Shinty is a tough, essentially aerial ...

David Levinson, Karen Christensen, 1999

The Beautiful Games - Scotland's Hidden Sports

“A group of Scottish Highlanders recognised that the same would need to be applied to shinty – it couldn't just be an ad hoc, New Year's Day piss-up any more ,” says Roger. “There's no doubt that what kept shinty alive was the far-seeing pride ...

Henry Hepburn, 2012

Sport in Highland: Shinty, Highland Football League, ...

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Source Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010

Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization: European and North ...

to be used would have been shinty, which can best be described as a cross between the Irish sport of hurling and field hockey and which, it is said, has been played in Scotland for 1,500 years (McCarra 1993). Shinty's potential to become a ...

Alan Bairner, 2001

Articles on Shinty, Including: Sorley MacLean, Simon Fraser, ...

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Hephaestus Books, 2011

Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945

Highland sporting society, apart from deer hunting with deer hounds and (where possible) horse racing, was shinty, which all classes took part in. Caraid nan Gaidheal includes Finlay the Piper's description of the annual New Year shinty ...

John G. Gibson, 2000

The Changing Politics of Sport

The paper also contained regular reports and views on the subject of shinty and in the kilt versus knickerbocker debate of 1878 it reproduced one of the great sporting controversies of the late nineteenth century.12 On 21 April, Mr A. G. ...

Lincoln Allison, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHINTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shinty is used in the context of the following news items.

Shinty's 'Ronaldo' calls for kids to pick up sticks as Newtonmore …

The choice of venue for the draw for shinty's most prestigious tournament was to mark an exhibition running in the national stadium's museum from October ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

Shinty: Must-win clash for Kyles to hold back 'More title push

SHINTY'S focus this weekend returns to the Marine Harvest Premiership with leaders Newtonmore travelling to Tighnabruaich to face Kyles Athletic in the main ... «The National, Jul 15»

The Glen: Making history in the world of shinty

He had little interest in shinty and considered it just an excuse to avoid working on the croft. Therefore, once I established that playing shinty meant less graft on ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Shinty: New final setting raises profile of oldest trophy

This location in the shinty heartland just north of Oban should help to boost the crowd and create a proper sense of occasion at what is a major shinty final. «The National, Jun 15»

Shinty: Glen make history with MacTavish Cup triumph

Shinty: Glen make history with MacTavish Cup triumph. Bolted on: Neale Reid seals the victory and celebrates in style. Picture: Neil G Paterson. KENNETH ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»

Shinty and music prevail: Remembering WWI fallen

The key events over the weekend were a concert which included music, poetry and accounts from the trenches; men and ladies shinty matches on Saturday, ... «BBC News, May 15»

Shinty clubhouse named after Beauly war heroes

Alastair was captain and his brother was a player in the 1913 Beauly shinty team which won the prestigious Camanachd Cup. They were among more than ... «Inverness Courier, May 15»

Tributes paid to shinty legend Ian Anderson

Kingussie is mourning one of its best-known sporting sons – shinty legend Ian 'Andy' Anderson, who has died at the age of 80. Mr Anderson, who suffered a ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, May 15»

Shinty: Bute ease to win over Aberdour

Action from a 3-0 win for Bute Shinty Club's first team at home to their Aberdour counterparts in Marine Harvest South Division One on March 21, 2015. «Buteman, Mar 15»

Shinty: Newtonmore strong favourites, says Ronald Ross

The new shinty season gets underway on Saturday and 12-time Camanachd Cup winner Ronald Ross believes Newtonmore are strong favourites to record a ... «BBC News, Mar 15»