To throw or strike to and fro, or from side to side, as a ball in play.To toss aside; drive or send off.To toss about, as from man to man; pass from one to another, or back and forth.To give and take; exchange, especially contentiously: as, to bandy compliments; to bandy words, reproaches, etc.To discuss; debate.To band together; league: chiefly reflexive.To bound, as a ball that is struck.To form a band or league.To contend; strive, whether in emulation or in enmity.n. A particular manner of playing tennis, the nature of which is not now known.n. A stroke with a racket, or a ball so struck; a return at tennis.n. A game played with a bent club, better known as hockey, and, in the United States, shinny (which see).n. A club bent at the end, used in the game of hockey or bandy-ball; a shinny or shinty.Having a bend or crook outward: said of a person's legs: as, his legs are quite bandy.Limp; without sufficient substance: said of bad cloth.Marked with bands or stripes.n. A kind of cart or buggy much used in India. See extracts.