to bandy

Examples

• All

• The two boxers began to bandy punches as the crowd cheered them on.

• "I don't bandy."

  Fiction book (1994)

• It's like there's sort of been two or three occasions where it's gone, it's gone bandy and I've really gone in over the top in fact.

• The siblings would often bandy playful blows while teasing each other.

Synonyms

B

to brawl

vsto bandy

15 4.4

To fight loudly and violently in a public place

is about exchanging blows within a dispute rather than large public disorder

T

to tussle

vsto bandy

7 5.3

To fight roughly with another person at close range

is about exchanging blows during a dispute rather than grappling

S

to scuffle

vsto bandy

5 5.1

To fight briefly at close range by pushing or grabbing

is about exchanging blows rather than a chaotic short struggle

P

to pelt each other

vsto bandy

1 6.3

Throw things at each other, often for fun or to hurt

is about trading direct blows not mainly throwing objects

F

to fly at each other

vsto bandy

• Informal

7.4

People suddenly fight or shout at each other with strong anger

is about exchanging blows rather than sudden intense assault

Antonyms

R

to reconcile

49 5.1

To become friendly again after a disagreement

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bandy about

11 6.8

Talk about an idea or name without careful thought

Compounds

B

bandy legs

• Archaic

2 7.5

Legs that curve outward at the knees and look bowed

B

bandy leg

• Archaic

8.8

A leg that curves outward at or below the knee

How Violent

brawl

61 4.6

to fight

∞ 1.0

to bandy

• Archaic

1 8.4

to tussle

7 5.3

scuffle

26 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology