From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [băn'di] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], with _-y_, _-ie_ added due to influence from Spanish and [pt]
and/or [pro], from the same root as [en]. Compare also with [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To give and receive reciprocally ; to exchange .
2. * [page=76]
3. [en] [en] To use or pass about casually .
4. * [13]
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1928 | author=Lawrence R. Bourne
|title=Well Tackled! |chapter=4|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W
|passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were
BANDIED to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as
ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
1. [en] To throw or strike reciprocally , like balls in sports.
2. * [I]
3. * [year=1905]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1678 | author=w:Ralph Cudworth | title=The True Intellectual System of the Universe | location=London | publisher=Richard Royston | section=Book I, Chapter 5, p | url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35345.0001.001
|passage=For, had we no _Mastery_ at all over our _Thoughts_, but they were
all like Tennis Balls, BANDIED, and Struck upon us, as it were by Rackets from
without; then could we not steadily and constantly carry on any _Designs_ and
_Purposes_ of Life.}}
1. [en] To fight ( _with_ or _against_ someone).
2. * [year=1622]
3. * [III]
4. * [chapter=18]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to give and receive reciprocally]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to use or pass about casually]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
From [en].
**** Adjective
[er]
1. Bow-legged , having knee s bending outward.
2. * 1794, 吴语: William Blake , _Basa Sunda: The Little Vagabond_ , third stanza
3. *: Then the Parson might preach, and drink, and sing, / And we’d be as happy as birds in the spring; / And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, / Would not have BANDY children, nor fasting, nor birch.
4. * [1]
5. * [chapter=7]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|bandiness |bandy-legged }}
***** Translations
[bow-legged]
*** Etymology 3
Probably from the verb [en] in the sense "toss/bat back and forth",[1] or
possibly from the [en] word [cy], most likely derived from the [en].
**** Noun
[wikipedia] [~]
1. [en] A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
2. [en] A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[winter sport played on ice]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
***** References
References:
[1]. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandy
*** Etymology 4
[en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1.. A carriage or cart used in India , especially one drawn by bullock s.
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Polish
*** Etymology
[pl]. [pl].
*** Pronunciation
[-]
*** Noun
[nv-p]
1. [pl] ribon s; especially of linen
*** Further reading
- [17]
** Scots
*** Adjective
[-]
1. Bowlegged , or bending outward at the knees ; as in bandy legged .
*** Noun
[bandies]
1. A minnow ; a stickleback .
**** Alternative forms
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- [sco]
- [sco]
**** References
- [R:DSL]
[sco]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Etymology
[sv]. Attested since 1894.
*** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] [en] (team sport)
**** Declension
[2=bandyn]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]