bender

UK: /ˈbɛndə^r/ US: /ˈbɛndɚ/ ,(ben′dər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

bend•er /ˈbɛndɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that bends.
2. Slang Terms Slang. a time of drinking a lot of alcoholic beverages;
   spree;
   binge.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

bend•er  (ben′dər), n. 

1. a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
2. Slang Terms a drinking spree.
3. Sport [Baseball Slang.] curve (def. 6a).

• 1200–50; Middle English (in surnames); see bend¹, -er¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bender / ˈbɛndə/ noun

1. a drinking bout
2. a makeshift shelter constructed by placing tarpaulin or plastic sheeting over bent saplings or woven branches