Define:Bandy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: băn'di, /ˈbændi/,

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

From Middle French from

bander

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Verb

Bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past an past participle bandied)

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

   to bandy words (with somebody)

2. To use or pass about casually.

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

Translations

to give and receive reciprocally

• Bulgarian: разменям си (razmenjam si)

to use or pass about casually

• Bulgarian: подмятам (podmjatam)

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Etymology 2

From Scots

bandy

Adjective

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 (krivokrak)

• Spanish: arqueado

Etymology 3

Possibly from the Welsh word

bando

most likely derived from the Template:Proto.

Noun

1. Template:Sports A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.

Translations

winter sport played on ice

• Danish: bandy c
• Dutch: bandy n
• Estonian: jääpall
• Finnish: jääpallo
• French: bandy (fr) m
• German: Bandy n

• Italian: bandy m
• Norwegian: bandy c
• Polish: bandy (pl) m
• Russian: хоккей с мячом m (xokkej s mjačom)
• Swedish: bandy (sv) c

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Scots

Adjective

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

Noun

bandy

1. A minnow; a stickleback.

Alternative forms

• baanie
• bandie

References

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