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bandies

bandies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bandy.

Meaning of bandy

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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Questions about bandies

What is bandies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bandies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bandy.

Words near bandies in the dictionary

  1. bandied about
  2. bandied around
  3. bandied words
  4. bandier
  5. bandiers
  6. bandies
  7. bandies about
  8. bandies around
  9. bandies words
  10. bandiest
  11. bandieth

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