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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bandy
    adj 1: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy,
           bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged]
    v 1: toss or strike a ball back and forth
    2: exchange blows
    3: discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult
       questions" [syn: bandy, kick around]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. i.
   To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive
   the ball his own way.
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         Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons.      --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bandy \Ban"dy\, a.
   Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side
   outward; as, a bandy leg.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bandy \Ban"dy\ (b[a^]n"d[y^]), n. [Telugu ba[.n][dsdot]i.]
   A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. Bandies (-d[i^]z). [Cf. F. band['e],
   p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr.
   bande. See Band, n.]
   1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;
      a hockey stick. --Johnson.
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   2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy
      ball.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (b[a^]n"d[-e]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying.]
   1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
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            Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
            by rackets from without.              --Cudworth.
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   2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy
      hasty words." --Shak.
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   3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate
      freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
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            Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
            a disputation.                        --I. Watts.
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Thesaurus Results for Bandy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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