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Bandy
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- 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."
- 1 have legs that curve outward at the knees wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 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
- 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."
Etymology
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.
From Scots bandy.
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”).
Borrowed from Telugu బండి (baṇḍi).
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