bandy

Meanings

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
2. To use or pass about casually.
3. To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
4. To fight (with or against someone).

1. Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.

1. A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
2. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.

1. A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From French bander (“to bandy at tennis”), with -y, -ie added due to influence from Spanish and Portuguese bandear and/or Old Occitan bandir (“to throw”), from the same root as English band. Compare also with banter.