Ban·dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied 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.”
3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in a disputation. --I. Watts.