bandy

Etymology 1

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

1. (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
   to bandy words (with somebody)
2. (transitive) To use or pass about casually.
   to have one's name bandied about (or around)
   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, […] 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!
3. (transitive) To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
   For, had we no Mastery at all over our Thoughts, but they were all like Tennis Balls, Bandied, and Struck upon us, as it were by Rackets from without; then could we not steadily and constantly carry on any Designs and Purposes of Life. 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, London: Richard Royston, Book I, Chapter 5, p
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight (with or against someone).

Etymology 2

From Scots bandy.

adj

1. Bowlegged, 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.

Etymology 3

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”).

noun

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

Etymology 4

From Telugu [Term?].

noun

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