Bandy Definition
băndē
bandied, bandies, bandying
verb
bandied, bandies, bandying
To toss or throw back and forth.
American Heritage
To toss or hit back and forth, as a ball.
Webster's New World
To hit (a ball, for example) back and forth.
American Heritage
To pass (gossip, rumor, etc.) about freely and carelessly.
Webster's New World
To give and receive (words, for example); exchange.
The old friends bandied compliments when they met.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- kick around
- knock about
- toss around
- thresh out
- thrash out
- talk over
- rap
- moot
- Also used with about: discuss
- interchange
- exchange
adjective
Bowed or bent in an outward curve.
Bandy legs.
American Heritage
Bent or curved outward; bowed.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- flatfooted
- snub-nosed
- simous
- swaybacked
- pug-nosed
- ill-shaped
- club-footed
- bandy-legged
- bowlegged
- bowleg
- bowed
noun
bandies
A game resembling field hockey but played on ice by skaters.
American Heritage
An old game, much like field hockey, still played in parts of Europe.
Webster's New World
A stick, bent at one end, used in playing this game.
American Heritage
A club bent at one end, used to strike the ball in this game.
Webster's New World
(sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bandy
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Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandja (“a curved stick”).
From Wiktionary
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Old Provençal bandir (“to throw”). Cognate with banter.
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From Scots bandy
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Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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