What does "bandy" mean?
A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
Bandy
/ˈbændi/ adj, name, noun, verb
adj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
- Grammar: bandy is listed as adj, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: alternate, answer, arched, arched.
- Useful contrasts: conceal, discuss earnestly, erect.
- Usage evidence: You always bandy words with me: you never listen to me.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed. uncountable
- 2 A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.
- 3 A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick. countable
Verb
- 1 To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. transitive
"to bandy words (with somebody)"
- 2 discuss lightly wordnet
- 3 To use or pass about casually. transitive
"to have one's name bandied about (or around)"
- 4 exchange blows wordnet
- 5 To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports. transitive
"Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal?"
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- 6 toss or strike a ball back and forth wordnet
- 7 To fight (with or against someone). intransitive, obsolete
"Brother displaie my ensignes in the field, Ile bandie with the Barons and the Earles, And eyther die, or liue with Gaueston."
Adjective
- 1 Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.
"1794, William Blake, The Little Vagabond, third stanza Then the Parson might preach, and drink, and sing, / And we’d be as happy as birds in the spring; / And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, / Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch."
Adjective
- 1 have legs that curve outward at the knees wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
"You always bandy words with me: you never listen to me."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bandy"?
Common synonyms include: alternate, answer, arched, arched, arciform, arclike.
How do you use "bandy" in a sentence?
You always bandy words with me: you never listen to me.
How do you pronounce "bandy"?
Pronounced /ˈbændi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French bander (“to bandy at tennis”), with -y, -ie added due to influence from Spanish and Portuguese bandear and/or Old Occitan bandir (“to throw”), from the same root as English band. Compare also with banter.
Etymology 2
From Scots bandy.
Etymology 3
Probably from the verb bandy in the sense "toss/bat back and forth", or possibly from the Welsh word bando, most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandją (“a curved stick”).
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Telugu బండి (baṇḍi).