Words: bandy [MW]

Pronunciation: 'ban-dE
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ban·died; ban·dy·ing
Etymology: probably from Middle French bander to be tight, to bandy, from bande strip -- more at BAND
transitive senses
1 : to bat (as a tennis ball) to and fro
2 a : to toss from side to side or pass about from one to another often in a careless or inappropriate manner b : EXCHANGE; especially : to exchange (words) argumentatively c : to discuss lightly or banteringly d : to use in a glib or offhand manner -- often used with about bandy these statistics about with considerable bravado -- Richard Pollak