Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that bends.
- noun Slang A spree, especially a drinking spree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which bends.
- noun A sixpence.
- noun A leg.
- noun A spree; a frolic.
- noun [Cf.
bend , n., 11.] A hard drinker. - noun A mechanical device for bending or drawing a crossbow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, bends.
- noun An instrument used for bending.
- noun Low, U. S. A drunken spree.
- noun Slang, Eng. A sixpence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which, bends.
- noun A
device to aidbending ofpipes to a specificangle . - noun slang A
bout of heavy drinking. - noun chiefly UK, slang, derogatory A
homosexual man. - noun a simple shelter, made using flexible
branches orwithies - noun obsolete, UK, slang A
sixpence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- noun a tool for bending
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Examples
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If you're drunk so often that you feel the need to go out and spend money on a keyhole like this, then not being able to enter your house after a bender is the least of your problems.
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Over the summer, photos surfaced of Angelina reportedly on a heroin bender, on a dog leash and with tape on her nipples.
Angelina Jolie's Purported Old Drug Dealer Tells All About Her Heroin & Cocaine Habit Katy Hall 2010
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Over the summer, photos surfaced of Angelina reportedly on a heroin bender, on a dog leash and with tape on her nipples.
Angelina Jolie's Purported Old Drug Dealer Tells All About Her Heroin & Cocaine Habit Katy Hall 2010
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Over the summer, photos surfaced of Angelina reportedly on a heroin bender, on a dog leash and with tape on her nipples.
Angelina Jolie's Purported Old Drug Dealer Tells All About Her Heroin & Cocaine Habit The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Combine all ingredients in bender or food processor and blend at top speed for 1 minute.
Crepe Happy Sarah Lenz 2008
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Combine all ingredients in bender or food processor and blend at top speed for 1 minute.
Archive 2008-10-01 Sarah Lenz 2008
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The one thing that could actually be a mind bender is the quote from the sheriff.
The Tail Section » LOST - Are the others Scientologists? 2007
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Sounded like he was still on that bender from a few months ago!
March 22nd, 2007 danhoyt 2007
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One of the other lecturers had witnessed the fender bender from the classroom.
Hit and Runners 2006
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One of the other lecturers had witnessed the fender bender from the classroom.
October 2006 2006
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