bandied

Verb

bandy (third-person singular simple present bandies, present participle bandying, simple past and past participle bandied)

1. (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
   • to bandy words (with somebody)
2. (transitive) To use or pass about casually.
   • to have one's name bandied about (or around)
3. (transitive) To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
   • Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To fight (with or against someone).
   • Brother displaie my ensignes in the field,
     Ile bandie with the Barons and the Earles,
     And eyther die, or liue with Gaueston.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...

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