bender

noun

bend·​er ˈben-dər 

plural benders

1

: one that bends

2

: spree

hungover after a weekend bender

3

baseball, informal : curveball

… throws a nasty bender in the zone …

—Tim Kurkjian

4

or bender tent British : a simple shelter consisting of a framework of branches covered with a tarpaulin

The teenager had left to live in a bender, a home-made shelter in the woods …

—Emma Cooney

Synonyms

• binge
• bust
• carousal
• carouse
• drunk
• jamboree
• spree
• toot
• wassail

Examples of bender in a Sentence

He went on a bender and was drunk all weekend.

didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender

Recent Examples on the Web

The bender only made three appearances against Toronto, while the changeup is still awaiting its 2024 debut. —Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024

Federal agents interrogated David Yu after a two-day drug bender, and pressured him into cooperation, Schulman said Tuesday. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024

Her sad, solitary bender ends at the steps of Tokyo’s Atago Jinja Shrine, triggering a memory with Polina. —Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024

Every other member of the Vandals looks like a factory worker or a genuinely feral fringe-dweller on a bender, all the better to immerse you in this Kodachrome time capsule. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bender

• bender tent
• fender bender
• gender bender