bandy

[ ban-dee ]

/ ˈbæn di /

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verb (used with object), ban·died, ban·dy·ing.

to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.

to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.

to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.

adjective

(of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed: a new method for correcting bandy legs.

noun, plural ban·dies.

an early form of tennis.

Chiefly British. (formerly) hockey or shinny.

Obsolete. a hockey or shinny stick.

OTHER WORDS FOR bandy

1 reciprocate, interchange, swap, barter.

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Origin of bandy

1570–80; perhaps <Spanish bandear to conduct, bandy, originally help, serve as member of a band of men. See band¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bandy

ban·di·ness, noun

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How to use bandy in a sentence

In recent months, journalists and public health experts have bandied about the term “pandemic fatigue.”
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Some of the other names being bandied about are just not talented.
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The term “reform” is bandied about by many, but few have submitted any viable, concrete proposals.
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The gossips at Palermo bandied the tale about, almost before those concerned in it knew it themselves.
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In the dark ages of the past, he had been a creature of derision, a thing to be bandied about in trade or gift.
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They knew no fine political shades, they bandied no epithets; England was at war and they were going to fight—that was enough.
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The shuttlecock of conversation was lightly bandied to and fro across the round table.
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But local newspapers, with their omniscient grip on what is in the air, bandied the subject back and forth.
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British Dictionary definitions for bandy

bandy

/ (ˈbændɪ) /

adjective -dier or -diest

Also: bandy-legged having legs curved outwards at the knees

(of legs) curved outwards at the knees

knock someone bandy Australian informal to amaze or astound

verb -dies, -dying or -died (tr)

to exchange (words) in a heated or hostile manner

to give and receive (blows)

(often foll by about) to circulate (a name, rumour, etc)

to throw or strike to and fro; toss about

noun plural -dies

an early form of hockey, often played on ice

a stick, curved at one end, used in the game of bandy

an old form of tennis

Word Origin for bandy

C16: probably from Old French bander to hit the ball back and forth at tennis

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