to bandy

Examples

• All

• Mama, for heaven's sake, Daddy is killing himself to remain neutral, and you are bandying about such information.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Well, this was a question that's been bandied around for thousands of years.

  Andrew Huberman

• There is no such thing as the purely natural in the sense that a lot of people bandy it about.

• I was never one of those to bandy around terms like sabotage.

  Oppenheimer (2023)

• Oh, that's not a word I'd bandy about, Professor.

  Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

• It's often, you know, bandied about with allegations of fraud.

• Are there any other terms, phrases, concepts that are bandied about that that bother you?

• In bioethics, the term dignity is bandied about a lot without people really thinking deeply about what it means.

• So all those claims which were being bandied about I think are provably misguided or wrong.

  The Rich Dad Channel

• During the meeting, several members bandied about ideas for the new project.

Synonyms

T

to throw around

vsto bandy

• Informal

27 4.5

To say words or names often without thinking

focuses more on casual repeated discussion rather than sheer carelessness

B

to bandy about

vsto bandy

11 6.8

Talk about an idea or name without careful thought

is the shorter verb form used in the same casual repeated way

K

to kick around

vsto bandy

• Informal

9 4.6

Discuss an idea informally without making a decision

stresses casual repeated mention rather than the lack of decision

Antonyms

S

to suppress

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bandy about

11 6.8

Talk about an idea or name without careful thought

Compounds

B

bandy leg

• Archaic

1 8.8

A leg that curves outward at or below the knee

B

bandy legs

• Archaic

7.5

Legs that curve outward at the knees and look bowed

How Serious

to debate

474 2.8

to discuss

∞ 1.6

to bandy

3 7.0

to mention

∞ 1.0

to gossip

• Informal

27 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology