PANDY


Meaning of PANDY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpan-dē ]

transitive verb

( pan·died ; pan·dy·ing )

Etymology: probably from Latin pande, imperative singular of pandere to spread out (the hand), command of the schoolmaster to the boy — more at fathom

Date: 1863

British : to punish (a schoolboy) with a blow on the palm of the hand especially with a ferule

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.