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

• spree
• drunk
• binge

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 film stars Boon as Tommy, a 19-year-old hooligan who wakes up from an all-night bender in the basement of a strange suburban home, bound with a chain around his neck. —Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

In my many decades of dealing with the city and state, this proposal ranks right up there as one of the all-time mind benders. —Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025

Keith Richards wanted a guitar with a B-string bender—a device that musicians put inside their guitars to emulate the sound of a pedal steel. —Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025

This Twisting the Truth bender Nan is on continues when Lizzy races to Tintagel for her first face-to-face with her friend after the affair with Theo is exposed. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bender

• fender bender
• gender bender

Rhymes for bender

• blender
• fender
• gender
• lender
• mender
• prendre
• render
• sender
• slender
• splendor
• tender
• vender