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verb (used with object)
1.
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
2.
to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
3.
to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.
adjective
4.
(of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed: a new method for correcting bandy legs.
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Bandiest
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
noun
5.
an early form of tennis.
6.
Chiefly British. (formerly) hockey or shinny.
7.
Obsolete. a hockey or shinny stick.
Origin:
1570–80; perhaps < Spanish bandear to conduct, bandy, orig. help, serve as member of a band of men. See band1
1570–80; perhaps < Spanish bandear to conduct, bandy, orig. help, serve as member of a band of men. See band1
Related forms
ban·di·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. reciprocate, interchange, swap, barter.
1. reciprocate, interchange, swap, barter.
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bandy
1570s, "to strike back and forth," from M.Fr. bander, from root of band (2). The sense apparently evolved from "join together to oppose," to opposition itself, to "exchanging blows," then metaphorically, to volleying in tennis. Bandy was a 17c. Irish game, precursor of field
EXPANDhockey, played with curved a stick (also called a bandy), hence bandy-legged (1680s).
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