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Definitions for: Bandy
[adj] have legs that curve outward at the knees
[v] toss or strike a ball back and forth, as in tennis, hockey, etc.
[v] discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"
[v] exchange blows
Webster (1913) Definition: Ban"dy, n. [Telugu bandi.]
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
Ban"dy, n.; pl. Bandies. [Cf. F. band['e], p. p. of
bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr. bande. See
Band, n.]
1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;
a hockey stick. --Johnson.
2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy
ball.
Ban"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Bandying.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
by rackets from without. --Cudworth.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. ``To bandy
hasty words.'' --Shak.
3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
a disputation. --I. Watts.
Ban"dy, v. i.
To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive
the ball his own way.
Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. --Shak.
Ban"dy, a.
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side
outward; as, a bandy leg.
Synonyms: bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged, kick around, unfit
See Also: discuss, fight, play, shuttlecock, struggle, talk over
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