lindy

1. 1.

   an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)

   Synonymslindy hop

   Broadersocial dancing

Other forms of lindy

plural

lindies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lindy

What does lindy mean?

lindy means "an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)".

How many syllables are in lindy?

lindy has 2 syllables: lin-dy. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪndi/.

What is another word for lindy?

Close synonyms include lindy hop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lindy a common word?

lindy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.