Bandy

Word BANDY
Character 5
Hyphenation ban dy
Pronunciations /ˈbændi/

Definitions and meanings of "Bandy"

What do we mean by bandy?

To toss or throw back and forth. transitive verb

To hit (a ball, for example) back and forth. transitive verb

To give and receive (words, for example); exchange. transitive verb

To discuss in a casual or frivolous manner. transitive verb

Bowed or bent in an outward curve. adjective

A game resembling field hockey but played on ice by skaters. noun

A stick, bent at one end, used in playing this game. noun

A kind of cart or buggy much used in India. See extracts. noun

Marked with bands or stripes.

To throw or strike to and fro, or from side to side, as a ball in play.

To toss aside; drive or send off.

To toss about, as from man to man; pass from one to another, or back and forth.

To give and take; exchange, especially contentiously: as, to bandy compliments; to bandy words, reproaches, etc.

To discuss; debate.

To band together; league: chiefly reflexive.

To bound, as a ball that is struck.

To form a band or league.

To contend; strive, whether in emulation or in enmity.

To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

To use or pass about casually.

To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.

To fight (with or against someone).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bandy

The word "bandy" in example sentences

Golf and hockey are also played, and "bandy" -- _i. e._, hockey on the ice -- is a favourite winter sport. ❋ M. Pearson Thomson (N/A)

There is a kind of exercise that they have among them much like that which boys call bandy in English. 135 Likewise, they have the exercise of football. 136 In this they only use the foot forcibly to carry the ball from the one to the other. ❋ Unknown (1902)

Highlanders called him, Gow Chrom, that is, the bandy-legged smith --- fought well, and contributed greatly to the fate of the battle, without knowing which side he fought on; --- so, ` ` To fight for your own hand, like ❋ Unknown (1887)

Highlanders called him, _Gow Chrom, _ that is, the bandy-legged smith -- fought well, and contributed greatly to the fate of the battle, without knowing which side he fought on; -- so, "To fight for your own hand, like Henry Wynd," passed into a proverb. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

The name "bandy" is sometimes applied also to shinney or shinty and in ❋ Claude H. Miller (N/A)

Here they have "bandy" matches, ski-ing, and tobogganing, as well as other winter games. ❋ M. Pearson Thomson (N/A)

Chrom, that is, the bandy-legged smith — fought well, and contributed greatly to the fate of the battle, without knowing which side he fought on; — so, “To fight for your own hand, like Henry ❋ Unknown (2005)

And his legs are what his regiment call bandy, oh! " ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Wynd -- or, as the Highlanders called him, _Gow Chrom_, that is, the bandy-legged smith -- fought well, and contributed greatly to the fate of the battle, without knowing which side he fought on; -- so, 'To fight for your ain hand, like Henry Wynd,' passed into a proverb. " ❋ Alexander Hislop (1836)

"bandy" as it is called in England has been modified in this country by substituting a flat piece of rubber weighing a pound called a ❋ Claude H. Miller (N/A)

I don't have a dog in the hunt and not sure where I stand but I would have to say you bandy about the term "corruption" a bit too broadly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They carelessly bandy his name about, sending delicious ripples of feeling through me. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Isn't funny how the Greens like to bandy about quoting things the Lib Dems have said and done, but when the Lib Dems point out things the Green Party candidate said 5 years ago, they seem to think that it is irrelevent to the ongoing campaign and nothing to do with the Green Party itself. ❋ Norfolk Blogger (2009)

Finally, even the most optimistic figures scientists bandy about are based explicitly on converting biomass into charcoal and energy in the places where it is grown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've seen people bandy about the 'best SF show ever' title for Galactica. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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