Bandy \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.'' --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.