Verb

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

   to bandy words (with somebody)

2. To use or pass about casually.

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

Adjective

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.

Quotations

• 1794, William Blake, The Little Vagabond, third stanza

  Then the Parson might preach, and drink, and sing,

  And we’d be as happy as birds in the spring;

  And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church,

  Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.

Etymology 3

Noun

1. A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey has developed.

Adjective

1. Bowlegged, or bending outward at the knees; as in bandy legged.