Meaning of BANDY
Pronunciation: | | 'bandee
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- [adj] have legs that curve outward at the knees
- [v] toss or strike a ball back and forth, as in tennis, hockey, etc.
- [v] discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"
- [v] exchange blows
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| Synonyms: | | bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged, kick around, unfit |
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| See Also: | | discuss, fight, play, shuttlecock, struggle, talk over | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ban"dy\, n. [Telugu bandi.]
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
\Ban"dy\, n.; pl. {Bandies}. [Cf. F. band['e], p. p. of
bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See
{Band}, n.]
1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;
a hockey stick. --Johnson.
2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy
ball.
\Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandied} (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bandying}.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
by rackets from without. --Cudworth.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. ``To bandy
hasty words.'' --Shak.
3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
a disputation. --I. Watts.
\Ban"dy\, v. i.
To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive
the ball his own way.
Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. --Shak.
\Ban"dy\, a.
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side
outward; as, a bandy leg.
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