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ban⋅dy

  [ban-dee] verb, -died, -dy⋅ing, adjective, noun, plural -dies.
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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.
–noun
5. an early form of tennis.
6. Chiefly British. (formerly) hockey or shinny.
7. Obsolete. a hockey or shinny stick.
Origin:
1570–80; perh. < Sp bandear to conduct, bandy, orig. help, serve as member of a band of men. See band 1

Related forms:
ban⋅di⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. reciprocate, interchange, swap, barter.
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Word Origin & History

bandy  (v.)
1577, "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 hockey, played with curved sticks, hence bandy-legged (1688).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ban·dy
Pronunciation: 'ban-dE
Function: adjective
1 of legs : bowed outward at or below the knee
2 : BOWLEGGED
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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