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

The efficacy of bandying threats of going to hell met its match in the Civil War.
Americans’ Burning Obsession With Hell|William O’Connor|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the very least, he's been bandying about the ‘r’ word rather frequently.
Rush the Race-Baiter|Conor Friedersdorf|October 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Then there will be no more quarrelling, no more bandying of disrespectful epithets, no more heart burnings.
Is Shakespeare Dead?|Mark Twain
I am not bandying compliments now, but thinking of better things than praises or phrases.
A Mortal Antipathy|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

It is a clear injustice to confound such talk as this with a mere bandying of Joe-Millers.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections|William Archer
There would be no bandying words between them, no involved explanations, no possibility of any further misunderstanding.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo|E. Phillips Oppenheim
We females were busy at the needle, while my brother and Pleyel were bandying quotations and syllogisms.
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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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