bandy means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
bandy is pronounced /ˈbændi/.
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.
verb
- To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.“to bandy words (with somebody)”
- To use or pass about casually.“to have one's name bandied about (or around)”
- To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.“Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal?”
- To fight (with or against someone).“Brother displaie my ensignes in the field,
Ile bandie with the Barons and the Earles,
And eyther die, or liue with Gaueston.”
adj
- Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.“1794, William Blake, The Little Vagabond, 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.”
noun
- 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.
- A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.