bandy
verb (used with object)
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange.
bandies
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pluralof bandy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
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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
From the hips upward the Llanero is straight and well-proportioned; but his constant equitation curves and bandies his legs in a manner plainly visible whenever he attempts to walk.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
