What does "bender" mean?
One who, or that which, bends.
Bender
/ˈbɛndə/ intj, name, noun, slang
intj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who, or that which, bends.
- Grammar: bender is listed as intj, name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat.
- Useful contrasts: straighter, moderation, nonbender.
- Usage evidence: Bender often utters the phrase "Kill all humans", even if he always silently adds "except one" referring to Fry.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, bends.
- 2 a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter wordnet
- 3 A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
- 4 revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party wordnet
- 5 A bout of heavy drinking. slang
"He's been out on a bender with his mates."
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- 6 a tool for bending wordnet
- 7 A homosexual man. UK, derogatory, slang
"“So they're easy about having a bender in the house, are they, their lordships?”"
- 8 A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies.
- 9 A suspended sentence. UK, slang
"'Oh and Gary, what happened in Ahmed?' 'Not guilty, sir.' 'Oh no! And Tredwell?' 'Bender.' 'Suspended sentence? So both walked. […]"
- 10 A sixpence. UK, obsolete, slang
"What will you take to be paid out?’ said the butcher. ‘The regular chummage is two–and–six. Will you take three bob?’ ‘And a bender,’ suggested the clerical gentleman. ‘Well, I don’t mind that; it’s only twopence a piece more,’ said Mr. Martin. ‘What do you say, now? We’ll pay you out for three–and–sixpence a week. Come!’"
- 11 A spree, a frolic. US, obsolete, slang
- 12 Something exceptional. US, obsolete, slang
Intj
- 1 Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard. British, obsolete, slang
- 2 Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. British, obsolete, slang
"O yes, I'll do it — bender!"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A city and municipality of Moldova, under de-facto control of Transnistria.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Bender often utters the phrase "Kill all humans", even if he always silently adds "except one" referring to Fry."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bender"?
Common synonyms include: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bending tool, binge.
How do you use "bender" in a sentence?
Bender often utters the phrase "Kill all humans", even if he always silently adds "except one" referring to Fry.
How do you pronounce "bender"?
Pronounced /ˈbɛndə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Hypotheses: * bend + -er. In sense of “heavy drinking”, originally generally “spree”, from 1846, of uncertain origin – vague contemporary sense of “something extraordinary”, connection to bend (e.g., bending elbow to drink (bend one's elbow)) or perhaps from Scottish sense of “strong drinker”. * In Britain, for about four centuries, a sixpence was known as a bender because its silver content made it easy to bend in the hands. This was commonly done to create ‘love tokens’, many of which survive in collections to this day. The value of a sixpence was also enough to get thoroughly inebriated as taverns would often allow you to drink all day for two pence. This gave rise to the expression ‘going on a bender’. * (interjection): From over the bender, referring to a person's arm (and sometimes accompanied by a gesture of the thumb backward over the shoulder); compare over the left shoulder.
Etymology 2
From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things.