Bandy

/ˈbændi/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
2. (transitive) To use or pass about casually.
3. (transitive) To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight (with or against someone).
5. Bow-legged, having knees bending outward.
6. (sports, uncountable) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.
7. (sports, countable) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
8. A carriage or cart used in India, especially one drawn by bullocks.

Example Sentences

to bandy words (with somebody)

Incapable of hearing reproach or bandying invective, her husband had sunk into the indolence of pensive resignation, and, sensible that things had gone too far for effectual retrieve, tried to find a lenitive in the love of his sister, and the often disappointed hope of a son, during whose long minority wonders were to be done in the management of his property.

to have one's name bandied about (or around)

Let not obvious and known Truths, or some of the most plain and certain Propositions be bandy’d about in a Disputation, for a meer Trial of Skill […]

Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]

Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal?

For as whipp'd tops and bandied balls, / The learned hold, are animals; / So horses they affirm to be / Mere engines made by geometry […]

For, had we no Mastery at all over our Thoughts, but they were all like Tennis Balls, Bandied, and Struck upon us, as it were by Rackets from without; then could we not steadily and constantly carry on any Designs and Purposes of Life.

Synonyms for bandy

Antonyms for bandy

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Word Forms

• bandies
• bandying
• bandied
• bandie
• bandier
• bandiest

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