bandy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   curved outward at or below the knees; bowlegged

   The costumer was a short man with bandy legs.

2. 2
   verb

   to pass words, ideas, names, or objects back and forth, often casually or argumentatively

   Commentators continued to bandy the same rumors about without checking them.

3. 3
   noun

   a team sport played on ice with sticks and a ball

   The winter club fields a bandy team as well as an ice hockey team.

The verb probably comes from French bander ("to strike a ball with a racket"); the game name developed from an early racket-and-ball use. The adjective may refer to the game's curved stick, though its origin is uncertain. The modern verb commonly appears in bandy about.

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