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

Occasionally the gods stop by, blast some ABBA, go on elysian benders that leave no residue of human suffering, and complain about their terrible kids, who are going to live forever. —Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Compounding the lousy feeling in your brain, the inflammation that alcohol causes can be tough on the gut the day after a bender, says Dr. Sally Adams, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Birmingham. —Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025

And, to be real, Friday only works because Chris Tucker is on a bender. —Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025

Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant headline the A24 genre bender. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 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