BANDY (bandied, bandier, bandiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: bandied    , bandier    , bandiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bandy mean? 

• BANDY (adjective)
  The adjective BANDY has 1 sense:

1. have legs that curve outward at the knees

  Familiarity information: BANDY used as an adjective is very rare.

• BANDY (verb)
  The verb BANDY has 3 senses:

1. toss or strike a ball back and forth

2. exchange blows

3. discuss lightly

  Familiarity information: BANDY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have legs that curve outward at the knees

Synonyms:

bandy; bandy-legged; bowed; bowleg; bowlegged

Similar:

unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)

• BANDY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bandy    ... he / she / it bandies   
Past simple: bandied   
Past participle: bandied   
-ing form: bandying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toss or strike a ball back and forth

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "bandy" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bandy"):

shuttlecock (send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exchange blows

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "bandy" is one way to...):

contend; fight; struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Discuss lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bandy; kick around

Context example:

We bandied around these difficult questions

Hypernyms (to "bandy" is one way to...):

discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Phenomenon and noumenon were bandied back and forth.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

They have short, bandy legs, you see, and heavy bodies.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A quick cross-fire of greetings and questions and rough West Saxon jests flew from rank to rank, or were bandied about betwixt the marching archers and the gazing crowd.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)