bender
One who, or that which, bendsOne who, or that which, bends.
» Tom is on a bender.
Том в запое.
Meaning
9 sensesOne who, or that which, bends.
A device to aid bending of pipes to a specific angle.
Biegevorrichtung, Biegegerät
трубогибtrubogib, трубогибочный стано́кtrubogibočnyj stanók
(slang)A bout of heavy drinking or drug use.
He's been out on a bender with his mates.
Saufgelage, Besäufnis, Sauftour
попо́йкаpopójka, пья́нкаpʹjánka
(UK, derogatory, slang)A homosexual man.
Schwuler, Schwuchtel
A simple shelter, made using flexible branches or withies.
(UK, slang)A suspended sentence.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A sixpence.
(US, obsolete, slang)A spree, a frolic.
(US, obsolete, slang)Something exceptional.
- a tool for bending
- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
Examples
10 sentencesTom is on a bender.
ruТом в запое.
He's sleeping off last night's bender.
deNach dem Besäufnis der letzten Nacht schläft er jetzt seinen Rausch aus.
It was just a fender bender.
I had a fender bender on my way to work.
ruПо дороге на работу я попал в небольшое ДТП.
deIch hatte einen kleinen Unfall auf dem Weg zur Arbeit.
Tom is known to go on a bender every so often.
Translations
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Forms
plural: bendersSynonyms
12 synonyms- revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party:carousecarousaltootbooze-up
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter:curvecurve ballbreaking ball