What does "bendy" mean?
A bendy bus.
Bendy
/ˈbɛndi/ adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A bendy bus.
- Grammar: bendy is listed as adj, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: crooked, curvy, flexible, flexuous.
- Usage evidence: The Mayor of London doesn't like bendy buses.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bendy bus. UK, slang
"Finally for November, on the 26th double-deckers were restored to the 29, which under bendies had gained an unsavoury reputation that it simply hadn't merited before this form of transport was imposed upon it; […]"
- 2 A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
"The original escutcheon of the Norman family was a bendy of ten, argent and gules."
Adjective
- 1 Having the ability to be bent easily.
"Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones."
- 2 Divided into diagonal bands of colour. not-comparable
"7. Talbot, Bendy gules and argent; 8. Comyn, Gules, three garbs within a tressure flory counter-flory or; 9. Valence, Barry of ten argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules;"
- 3 Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient. informal
"When I was in the scene in the barn he encouraged me to do as many contortions as I could, and he seemed to like the fact I was so 'bendy.' … After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "bendy"?"
- 4 Containing many bends and twists.
"a bendy road"
- 5 Articulated.
"“The bendy bus is very easy to get on to and can carry twice as many passengers and more people can sit down,” Ms. Cottam said."
Example
"The Mayor of London doesn't like bendy buses."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bendy"?
Common synonyms include: crooked, curvy, flexible, flexuous, hairpin, pliable.
How do you use "bendy" in a sentence?
The Mayor of London doesn't like bendy buses.
How do you pronounce "bendy"?
Pronounced /ˈbɛndi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From bend + -y.
Etymology 2
From Middle English bendee, from Old French bendé (past participle).