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# bandy

adjective (bandier, bandiest); verb (bandies, bandied, bandying)

«bandy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bandy describes legs that curve outward, so that the knees are apart when the feet are together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#m1)
2. (verb) To bandy words means to exchange them, especially in an argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a character with bandy legs is short, bent or comical, and sometimes rude

### Examples

- The little man had bandy legs and a loud voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x1)
- The mole kicked the boy with his bandy legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x2)
- The two farmers bandied angry words across the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bandy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bandy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bandy.html) on Mova free.