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bandy
 
SYLLABICATION:ban·dy
PRONUNCIATION:  bnd
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ban·died, ban·dy·ing, ban·dies
1a. To toss or throw back and forth. b. To hit (a ball, for example) back and forth. 2a. To give and receive (words, for example); exchange: The old friends bandied compliments when they met. b. To discuss in a casual or frivolous manner: bandy an idea about.
ADJECTIVE: Bowed or bent in an outward curve: bandy legs.
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ban·dies
Sports 1. A game resembling field hockey but played on ice by skaters. 2. A stick, bent at one end, used in playing this game.
ETYMOLOGY:Origin unknown.
 
 
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