bandy
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.
(of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed: a new method for correcting bandy legs.
an early form of tennis.
Chiefly British. (formerly) hockey or shinny.
Obsolete. a hockey or shinny stick.
Origin of bandy
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- ban·di·ness, noun
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How to use bandy in a sentence
These days, it’s bandied about as a miraculous way to cleanse the body of, you guessed it, toxins.
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It’s here! The winners and losers of Apple’s seismic privacy change | Seb Joseph | April 26, 2021 | DigidayAll these claims are familiar shibboleths long bandied about in progressive salons.
Physicists bandy around concepts like supersymmetry, technicolor, and extra dimensions.
After the Higgs Boson: What Scientists Will Do With the Discovery | Sean Carroll | July 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYou bandy contradictory allegations; you no longer believe each other; you must appeal to a third party.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacAnyway he stuck his head up and tried to catch a light without stopping his bandy.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamThe epithets are carefully arranged up a scale until they reach bandy-legged—an utterly unpardonable insult.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontI flung bandy Jim a piece of gold and told him I would see him again.
The Rose of Old St. Louis | Mary Dillonbandy Jim did not wait for the eager question on the tip of my tongue.
The Rose of Old St. Louis | Mary Dillon
British Dictionary definitions for bandy
/ (ˈbændɪ) /
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
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
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
Origin of bandy
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