pandy
pandy · pandies
A fulling millA fulling mill.
US/pˈændi/
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A fulling mill.
(Ireland, countable, informal, uncountable)Mashed potatoes
A slap on the palm of the hand with a strap.
(broadly, slang)Hand.
A mutineer.
Origin
From Welsh pandy (“fulling house”). From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commanFrom Welsh pandy (“fulling house”).
From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand" or pande palmum "hold out [your] palm".
After a corruption of Mangal Pandey, who started the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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Forms
plural: pandiesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedpandy bat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable