bandy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: băn'di, IPA: /ˈbændi/, X-SAMPA: /"b{ndi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

From Middle French, from bander. Cognate with banter.

Verb

bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past and past participle bandied).

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

   To bandy words (with somebody)

2. To use or pass about casually.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]

   To have one’s name bandied about (or around)

3. To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2

     For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls, / The learned hold, are animals; / So horses they affirm to be / Mere engines made by geometry […]

Translations

to give and receive reciprocally

• Bulgarian: разменям си (bg) (razmenjam si)

to use or pass about casually

• Bulgarian: подмятам (bg) (podmjatam)

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• Spanish: intercambiar (es), cambiar (es)

Etymology 2

From Scots bandy

Adjective

bandy (not comparable)

1. 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.

Translations

bowlegged

• Bulgarian: кривокрак (bg) (krivokrak)

• Spanish: arqueado (es)

Etymology 3

Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandja (“a curved stick”).

Noun

Wikipedia bandy (uncountable)

1. (sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.

Translations

winter sport played on ice

• Danish: bandy (da) c
• Dutch: bandy (nl) n
• Estonian: jääpall (et)
• Finnish: jääpallo (fi)
• French: bandy (fr) m
• German: Bandy (de) n

• Italian: bandy (it) m
• Norwegian: bandy (no) c
• Polish: bandy (pl) m
• Russian: хоккей с мячом (ru) m (xokkej s mjačom)
• Swedish: bandy (sv) c

Etymology 4

Telugu

Noun

bandy (plural bandies)

1. A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.

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Scots

Adjective

bandy (not comparable)

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.

Noun

bandy (plural bandies)

1. A minnow; a stickleback.

Alternative forms

• baanie
• bandie

References

• Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh [2]