bandying

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Definition of bandying

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, gerund)gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
    “[B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]”
    “Never uſe a ſlighting expreſſion to her, even in jeſt; for ſlights in jeſt, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earneſt.”
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noun

  1. (form-of, gerund)gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
    “[B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]”
    “Never uſe a ſlighting expreſſion to her, even in jeſt; for ſlights in jeſt, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earneſt.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of bandy

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Etymology

From bandy + -ing.

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