bender

[ ben-der ]

/ ˈbɛn dər /

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noun

a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.

Slang. a drinking spree.

Baseball Slang. curve (def. 6a).

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Origin of bender

1200–50; Middle English (in surnames); see bend¹, -er¹

Words nearby bender

Benda, Ben Day process, bend dexter, Bendectin, bended, bender, benderboard, Bendery, Bendigo, bending moment, bend one's elbow

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How to use bender in a sentence

Chaucer blasts into the novel on a bender and a dwindling book tour, arguing cluelessly against widespread comparisons between himself and Sylvia Plath’s husband, Ted Hughes.
‘Bookish People’ is the perfect summer read for book lovers|Kerri Maher|August 4, 2022|Washington Post
Global energy prices are on a bender, but policies to cut the economy’s climate footprint are only partially to blame.
California’s oil spill is proof that climate action is worth the cost|Tim McDonnell|October 4, 2021|Quartz
Ndamukong Suh — who arrived in Tampa with a reputation as a rule bender — has been so silently effective that it’s sometimes hard to remember he’s on the team.
The Bucs are set to defend their title, with no drama and a more carefree Tom Brady|Eric Adelson|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
After his fiancee called off their wedding, he embarked on a national parks bender, visiting all 59 sites in 2016, the centennial year of the National Park Service.
Tips for visiting U.S. national parks from someone who visited them all|Andrea Sachs|December 17, 2020|Washington Post

My own parents reversed course after their buffet bender, trading in sundae stations for cans of SlimFast.
Fast-Food Buffets Are a Thing of the Past. Some Doubt They Ever Even Existed.|MM Carrigan|September 29, 2020|Eater
In March 2013 in Washington, D.C., Seth Bender got in the Uber he ordered and shortly thereafter committed the sin of burping.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tarantino would name his production company with Lawrence Bender, A Band Apart, after the film.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They have names like Bender, Graflex, Hasselblad, Canon, Mamiya, and Globuscope.
These Photographs Would Die Without Him|Dale Eisinger|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the struggle the gun fired the shot that killed John Bender.
Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the night of Jan. 8, 2010, Bender allegedly brought one of their guns to their bedroom on the fourth floor of the mansion.
Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The boy was hurt; my heart went out to him, for the memory of my own sock-ball and tickley-bender days came back to me.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Mary finally yielded the point, and gathering up the crumpled jacket, started in quest of Billy Bender.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
The next time Mary raised her head they were opposite Mrs. Bender's, where Sal declared it her intention to stop.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
Billy Bender was standing near her, his arm thrown around her, and his lips occasionally pressing her forehead.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
Your friend, Bender, gave me permission to visit the ‘hardened young criminal.’
Penny of Top Hill Trail|Belle Kanaris Maniates

British Dictionary definitions for bender

bender

/ (ˈbɛndə) /

noun

informal a drinking bout

British taboo, slang a male homosexual

informal a makeshift shelter constructed by placing tarpaulin or plastic sheeting over bent saplings or woven branches

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