bandy

Meaning

1. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
2. To use or pass about casually.
3. To throw or strike reciprocally, like balls in sports.
4. (obsolete) To fight (with or against someone).

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbændi/

From French bander (“to bandy at tennis”), with -y, -ie added due to influence from Spanish and Portuguese bandear and/or Old Occitan bandir (“to throw”), from the same root as English band. Compare also with banter.