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adj
Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
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noun
A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
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Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.
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verb
To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To use or pass about casually.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To fight (with or against someone).
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Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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adjective satellite
have legs that curve outward at the knees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged
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verb
discuss lightly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: kick around
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Broader terms: hash out, discuss, talk over
verb
exchange blows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: contend, fight, struggle
verb
toss or strike a ball back and forth
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Broader terms: play
Narrower terms: shuttlecock
History
Borrowed from Scots bandy.
Probably from the verb bandy in the sense "toss/bat back and forth", or possibly from the Welsh word bando, most likely derived from the Proto-Germanic *bandją (“a curved stick”).
Borrowed from Telugu బండి (baṇḍi).
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.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
