Sekirov Dictionary

bandy

/ˈbændi/

verb 4
noun 3
adjective 1
forms 7
phrases 2

verb4

•
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)
•
To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
- Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal? — 1603
•
(no longer used) To fight (with or against someone).
- Brother displaie my ensignes in the field, Ile bandie with the Barons and the Earles, And eyther die, or liue with Gaueston. — 1594

noun3

A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.

adjective1

•
Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.
- There was an old man drying near them, squat and bandy and brown all over, and Nick remembered him from last year […] — 2004

forms

bandied · bandying · bandies · bandieth · bandiest · bandier · bandiest

Phrases with bandy

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