Shindig

Publish date: 2024-04-19
•A part or portion.•A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.•A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service.•A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.•One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.•The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.•Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another.•Cause; side; interest.•A person; as, he is a queer party.•Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.•Partial; favoring one party.•Partly.

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