bender
Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heardUsed to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 senses(British, obsolete, slang)Used to express disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.
(British, obsolete, slang)Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
O yes, I'll do it — bender!
Examples
10 sentencesTom is on a bender.
ruТом в запое. — scriptin
He's sleeping off last night's bender.
deNach dem Besäufnis der letzten Nacht schläft er jetzt seinen Rausch aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — odexed
deIch hatte einen kleinen Unfall auf dem Weg zur Arbeit. — Zaghawa
Tom is known to go on a bender every so often.
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.