bandied,ppl.a.|ˈbændɪd| [f. bandy v. + -ed.] Tossed to and fro. lit. and fig. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 55 Whipp'd Tops and bandy'd Balls, The learned hold are Animals.1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 202 How cruel then, such bandied terms as ‘base servility.’