Bandy

Pronunciation

• enPR: băn'di, IPA: /ˈbændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Old Provencal bandir ("to throw"). Cognate with banter.

Full definition of bandy

Verb

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.to bandy words (with somebody)
2. To use or pass about casually.
• 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, Well Tackled! Chapter 4, 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, â€¦
3. to have one's name bandied about (or around)
• I. WattsLet not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation.
4. To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
• 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1,For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls,
  The learned hold, are animals;
  So horses they affirm to be
  Mere engines made by geometry ...
• Cudworthlike tennis balls bandied and struck upon us ... by rackets from without

From Scots bandy

Adjective

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.
• 1794, William Blake, , third stanzaThen 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.

Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandjÄ… ("a curved stick").

Noun

1. (sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
2. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

Telugu

Noun

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