bandy
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . Cognate with banter.
Verb
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To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
- to bandy words (with somebody)
To use or pass about casually.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=4 citation
, 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, […]}}
- to have one’s name bandied about (or around)
* I. Watts
- Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation.
To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
* 1663 ,
- For as whipp’d tops and bandied balls, / The learned hold, are animals; / So horses they affirm to be / Mere engines made by geometry
* Cudworth
- like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us by rackets from without
Etymology 2
From (etyl) bandy
Adjective
(–)
Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.
* 1794, , third stanza
- 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.
Etymology 3
Possibly from the (etyl) word bando most likely derived from the (etyl) .
Noun
(wikipedia bandy )
(–)
(sports) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
- (Johnson)
Noun
(bandies)
A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.
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hockey
Etymology 1
Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.
Noun
(–)
(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team’s net, using their sticks.
(British) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny.
Synonyms
* ice hockey
* field hockey
* (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
Derived terms
(terms derived from “hockey”)
* air hockey
* cosom hockey
* field hockey
* floor hockey
* foot hockey
* hockey arena
* hockey bag
* hockey club
* hockey cushion
* hockey dad
* hockey glove
* hockey hair
* hockey jacket
* hockey mask
* hockey mom, hockey mother
* hockey pants
* hockey puck
* hockey rink
* hockey skate
* hockey socks
* hockey stick
* hockey tape
* ice hockey
* inline hockey
* mini hockey
* pick-up hockey, pickup hockey
* pond hockey
* quad hockey
* road hockey
* roller hockey
* shinny hockey
* skater hockey
* sledge hockey
* sled hockey
* street hockey
* table hockey
* underwater hockey
* wheelchair hockey
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun )
(darts)
* 1985 , Keith Turner, Darts (page 22)
- Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys ; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks
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