discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" exchange blows toss or strike a ball back and forth have legs that curve outward at the knees
If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them. Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth. bandy legs curve out at the knees (Perhaps from bandy (17-19 centuries), perhaps from bandé, past participle of bander; BANDY). bandied bandying bandies bandy words (with sb) to argue bandy about/around to mention an idea, name, remark etc several times, especially in order to seem impressive