Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To strike on the palm of the hand with a strap as a school punishment.

  2. (nonstandard, rare)To distribute or publicize, especially in order to curry favor.

Origin

From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand"

From Latin pande (“hold out”), in schoolmaster commands pande manum "hold out [your] hand" or pande palmum "hold out [your] palm".

Blend of pander + bandy, by confusion.

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Forms

pandies, pandying, pandied, pandied
Base formpandy · to pandy
3rd person singularpandies
Present participlepandying
Past simplepandied
Past participlepandied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypandy
he, she, itpandies

Past simpleLesson

all personspandied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pandied
he, she, ithas pandied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pandy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
panderpanditpandorapanepanegyric
pandy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto