bandy
verb (used with object)
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange.
bandies
-
pluralof bandy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
-
present tense formof bandy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
bandyverb (used with object)to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The script bandies about all three options, concluding that he’s closest to a chosen curse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Aukerman, now with a much brasher energy, starts needling Mantzoukas, who bandies jokes back across the net.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
It seems just like the kind of slightly surreal utterance Singh often bandies around in interviews, but Cornershop's rather wonderful new album literalises this simile.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2011
This year the subdued bandies did march into the bowl singing "To hell with Yale" to the tune of O Tannenbaum, but that was all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Also, there are admirers of M. Bouguereau and of Sir Marcus Stone, there are Italian Futurists and members of the New English Art Club, with whom one bandies no words.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
