Home › Words › S › shandygaffshandygaffshandygaff · noun — A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyThe origin is unknown. Perhaps from dialectal shandy (“boisterous, empty-headed”) + gaff (“outcry, nonsense”).nounA mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).