bandy
verb (used with object)
to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange.
bandying
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present participleof bandy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It’s a spirit that is certainly related to, yet distinctly different from, the bawdy bandying that unfolds in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
CNN later found that Walker had been bandying this falsehood since as early as 2008, telling people that he graduated in the top 1% of his class.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022
Journalists began bandying around the R-word this summer, after the Federal Reserve reported that industrial production had contracted for two straight quarters.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2019
The comedy, while unflinchingly honest and prone to bandying about such terms as “intracytoplasmic sperm injection” and “follitropin,” is never really about technology, though.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2018
"Come, we are too old friends to be bandying compliments."
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
