bender

[ben-der]

noun

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

2. Slang.,  a drinking spree.

3. Baseball Slang.,  curve.

bender

/ ˈbɛndə /

noun

1. informal,  a drinking bout

2. taboo,  a male homosexual

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bender¹

1200–50; Middle English (in surnames); bend ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

McGee started using harder drugs, missing classes and spending whole days in bed while coming down from his benders.

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A fender bender that would be a simple fix on a traditional vehicle could require an expensive and lengthy repair on an EV to mend the battery and recalibrate the car and its sensors.

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“A couple of weeks ago, we had like a two-week break off the tour, and I went on a mother— bender,” Lee told the audience at a concert in San Antonio.

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In the past, he's described it as a "really co-dependent lifestyle" that went from "bender to bender" as both sides "leveraged each other's shame against one another".

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Defense attorneys claimed that Lee was on a multiday drug-fueled bender, which would explain why he was agitated and violent the night he died.

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