BENDER

curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender

(noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up

(noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

bender

(noun) a tool for bending; “he used pliers as a bender”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bender (plural benders)

One who, or that which, bends.

A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

(chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies

(UK, slang) A suspended sentence.

(obsolete, UK, slang) A sixpence.

(obsolete, slang, US) A spree, a frolic.

(obsolete, slang, US) Something exceptional.

Usage notes

In sense “bout of heavy drinking”, usually in form “on a bender”.

Synonyms

• (bout of heavy drinking): binge, spree, toot

• (homosexual man): See Thesaurus:male homosexual

• (shelter): bender tent

Interjection

bender

(obsolete, British slang) Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard. [early 19th c.]

(obsolete, British slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. [early 19th c.]

Synonyms

• (disbelief): See Thesaurus:bullshit

• (sarcasm): I don't think, not

Anagrams

• Berden, berend, rebend

Etymology

Proper noun

Bender

A surname.

Anagrams

• Berden, berend, rebend

Source: Wiktionary

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Bend"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, bends.

2. An instrument used for bending.

3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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