bandy
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle French, from bander.
[edit] Verb
bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past and 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)
[edit] Translations
to give and receive reciprocally
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Scots bandy
[edit] Adjective
bandy (not comparable)
- 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
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[edit] Etymology 3
Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandja (“a curved stick”).
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia bandy (uncountable)
- (sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.
[edit] Translations
winter sport played on ice
[edit] Scots
[edit] Adjective
bandy (not comparable)
- Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.
[edit] Noun
bandy (plural bandies)
- A minnow; a stickleback.
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[edit] References
- Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh [1]
