Bandy definition
A game resembling field hockey but played on ice by skaters.
noun
A stick, bent at one end, used in playing this game.
noun
To pass (gossip, rumor, etc.) about freely and carelessly.
verb
The definition of bandy means to throw something or an idea like a ball back and forth.
An example of bandy is for two people to play catch with a baseball and mitts.
An example of bandy is for a group of people to talk about restaurant options where they can eat for dinner.
verb
To toss or throw back and forth.
verb
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To hit (a ball, for example) back and forth.
verb
To give and receive (words, for example); exchange.
The old friends bandied compliments when they met.
verb
To discuss in a casual or frivolous manner.
Bandy an idea about.
verb
Bowed or bent in an outward curve.
Bandy legs.
adjective
To give and take; specif., to exchange (words) in an angry or argumentative manner.
verb
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An old game, much like field hockey, still played in parts of Europe.
noun
A club bent at one end, used to strike the ball in this game.
noun
Bent or curved outward; bowed.
adjective
(sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
noun
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
noun
To toss or hit back and forth, as a ball.
verb
Origin of bandy
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Possibly from the Welsh word bando most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandja (“a curved stick”).
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- Old Provençal bandir (“to throw”). Cognate with banter.
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- From Scots bandy
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