Define:Bandy
English eedit
Pronunciation eedit
- enPR: băn'di, /ˈbændi/,
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- Rhymes: -ændi
Etymology 1 eedit
From Middle French from
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Verb eedit
Bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past an past participle bandied)
- 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)
Translations eedit
to give and receive reciprocally
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to use or pass about casually
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Etymology 2 eedit
From Scots
Adjective eedit
- Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.
- 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.
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Vagabond, third stanza
Translations eedit
Etymology 3 eedit
Possibly from the Welsh word
most likely derived from the Template:Proto.
Noun eedit
- Template:Sports A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.
Translations eedit
winter sport played on ice
Scots eedit
Adjective eedit
- Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.
Noun eedit
bandy
- A minnow; a stickleback.