Bandy

['bændɪ] or ['bændi]

Definition

(verb.) discuss lightly; 'We bandied around these difficult questions'.

(verb.) exchange blows.

(verb.) toss or strike a ball back and forth.

(adj.) have legs that curve outward at the knees .

Edited by Linda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

(n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

(n.) The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.

(v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.

(v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

(v. t.) To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.

(v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.

(a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.

Inputed by Jill

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.[2]. Exchange, interchange, give and take.

Typist: Manfred

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Interchange, exchange, reciprocate, cross, pass

ANT:Quash, silence, drop, burke, close, stifle, extinguish

Typed by Denis

Definition

n. a club bent at the end for striking a ball: a game at ball with such a club (bandy-ball = hockey).—v.t. to beat to and fro as with a bandy: to toss from one to another (as words with any one) = to discuss or debate; to give and take blows or reproaches: (Shak.) to fight strive:—pa.p. ban′died.—n. Ban′dying.—adj. Ban′dy-legged having bandy or crooked legs.

Editor: Rudolf