bandy
21bandy — [16] To ‘bandy words with someone’ may go back to an original idea of ‘banding together to oppose others’. The word comes from French bander ‘oppose’, which is possibly a derivative of bande ‘group, company’ (source of English band). The rather… …
22bandy — [16] To ‘bandy words with someone’ may go back to an original idea of ‘banding together to oppose others’. The word comes from French bander ‘oppose’, which is possibly a derivative of bande ‘group, company’ (source of English band). The rather… …
23Bandy — This interesting surname of German and Ashkenazic origin is a diminutive of the metonymic occupational name Band, originally given to someone who made the wooden hoops with which wooden barrels were fastened together, deriving from the Germanic… …
24bandy — ban|dy1 [ bændi ] verb bandy words to argue, especially when this is a waste of time ,bandy a round or ,bandy a bout phrasal verb transitive to mention something a lot, usually without thinking much about what you are saying: I don t want people… …
25bandy — 1 adjective bandy legs curve outwards at the knees bandy legged adjective 2 verb bandy words (with) old fashioned to quarrel with someone bandy sth about phrasal verb (T) to mention an idea, name, remark etc several times, especially to impress… …
26bandy — 1. adj. (bandier, bandiest) 1 (of the legs) curved so as to be wide apart at the knees. 2 (also bandy legged) (of a person) having bandy legs. Etymology: perh. f. obs. bandy curved stick 2. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 (often foll. by about) a pass (a… …
27bandy — 1. verb /ˈbændi/ a) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. to bandy words (with somebody) b) To use or pass about casually. to have one’s na …
28bandy — n ndm sport. «rodzaj hokeja na lodzie, uprawianego w Rosji i w krajach skandynawskich, w którym zamiast krążka używa się małej piłki; hokej rosyjski» Mecz bandy. Uprawiać bandy. Grać w bandy. ‹ang.› …
29bandy — [[t]bæ̱ndi[/t]] bandies, bandying, bandied VERB If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them. [V n with n] Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man... [V n adv] The prosecution and defense were bandying… …
30bandy — I adjective bandy legs Syn: bowed, curved, bent; bow legged, bandy legged Ant: straight II verb 1) a figure of $40,000 has been bandied about what s the latest story being bandied about? Syn: to …
