fender bender

noun

: a minor automobile accident

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Surveillance footage recovered from the scene showed the Uber driver got into a fender bender with the assailant shortly before the confrontation. Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026 Ruzek heads to a local bar to see if anyone knows the owner, making up a story about a fender bender. Claire Franken, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025 Calling this a rough season is like referring to the Titanic’s collision with the iceberg as a fender bender. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2025 What To Know Andres was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) deputies who responded to a fender bender where another driver hit his vehicle from behind, according to his attorney Miriam Acosta. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fender bender

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fender bender was circa 1962

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“Fender bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fender%20bender. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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