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bandy

[ ban-dee ]

verb (used with object)

, ban·died, ban·dy·ing.
  1. to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange:

    to bandy blows; to bandy words.

    Synonyms: barter, swap, interchange, reciprocate

  2. to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
  3. to circulate freely:

    to bandy gossip.



adjective

  1. (of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed:

    a new method for correcting bandy legs.

noun

, plural ban·dies.
  1. an early form of tennis.
  2. Chiefly British. (formerly) hockey or shinny.
  3. Obsolete. a hockey or shinny stick.

bandy

/ ˈbændɪ /

adjective

  1. Alsobandy-legged having legs curved outwards at the knees
  2. (of legs) curved outwards at the knees
  3. knock someone bandy informal.
    to amaze or astound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to exchange (words) in a heated or hostile manner
  2. to give and receive (blows)
  3. often foll by about to circulate (a name, rumour, etc)
  4. to throw or strike to and fro; toss about
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an early form of hockey, often played on ice
  2. a stick, curved at one end, used in the game of bandy
  3. an old form of tennis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • bandi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bandy1

1570–80; perhaps < Spanish bandear to conduct, bandy, originally help, serve as member of a band of men. See band 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bandy1

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

These days, it’s bandied about as a miraculous way to cleanse the body of, you guessed it, toxins.

Increasingly, it seems as though the substance of the legislation being bandied about at the Capitol doesn’t really matter.

From Time

I haven’t heard “sweetheart” bandied about as much since I went card shopping on Valentine’s Day.

Apple won’t permit data being bandied about between independent parties across its ecosystem anymore.

From Digiday

All these claims are familiar shibboleths long bandied about in progressive salons.

Physicists bandy around concepts like supersymmetry, technicolor, and extra dimensions.

You bandy contradictory allegations; you no longer believe each other; you must appeal to a third party.

Anyway he stuck his head up and tried to catch a light without stopping his bandy.

The epithets are carefully arranged up a scale until they reach bandy-legged—an utterly unpardonable insult.

I flung Bandy Jim a piece of gold and told him I would see him again.

Bandy Jim did not wait for the eager question on the tip of my tongue.

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