bandy.
To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
Meaning & usage
To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
to bandy words (with somebody)
To use or pass about casually.
to have one's name bandied about (or around)
To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
To fight (with or against someone).
Where this word comes from
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.
Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Scots bandy.
A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Telugu బండి (baṇḍi).
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