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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toot, spree

Nearby words

bend sinister, bend someone's ear, benda, bendectin, bended, bender, bender gestalt test, benderboard, bendery, bendigo, bending fracture

Origin of bender

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

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Examples from the Web for bender

They have names like Bender, Graflex, Hasselblad, Canon, Mamiya, and Globuscope.
These Photographs Would Die Without Him|Dale Eisinger|July 31, 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
But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive.
Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vernon ultimately locks Bender in a storage closet and, in a moment of weakness, physically threatens him.
Hollywood's Best Worst Teachers|Marlow Stern|June 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST

In late January, CBS and Warner Bros. finally took action when another two-day bender put Sheen back in the hospital.
Sheen's Colleagues Speak Out|Maria Elena Fernandez|April 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Bender maintained a little equipment store supplying radio apparatus.
The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty|Gerald Breckenridge
Say, I am glad to meet you, said Mr. Bender enthusiastically.
The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty|Gerald Breckenridge
Butters, picking out a bender to his fancy, straightened it for a single.
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale|Morgan Scott
Mr. Bender participated thus at his perceptive ease in the exposed aristocratic illusion.
The Outcry|Henry James
“Try this one,” suggested Bender, as he pitched another fast one that cut the heart of the plate.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson

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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bender

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bender

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