Ban″dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bandied (–dĭd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bandying.] 1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us... by rackets from without.
Cudworth.
2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. “To bandy hasty words.” Shak.
3. To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation.
I. Watts.