shinny, shinney
(noun) a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shinney (uncountable)
(obsolete) The game of hockey.
Source: Wiktionary
Shin"ney, n. Etym: [CF. Shindy.]
Definition: The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
