Bandy

n.	1.	A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
	1.	A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
	2.	The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
v. t.	1.	To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (băn"dėd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying.] Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . . by rackets from without. - Cudworth.
	2.	To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
	3.	To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; - of ideas, facts, rumors, etc. Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. - I. Watts.
v. i.	1.	To contend, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way. Fit to bandy with thy lawless sons. - Shak.
a.	1.	Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.

Verb	1.	bandy - toss or strike a ball back and forth
	2.	bandy - exchange blows
	3.	bandy - discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" Synonyms: kick around
Adj.	1.	bandy - have legs that curve outward at the knees Synonyms: bandy-legged, bowleg, bowlegged, bowed

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