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单词 bender
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bender

noun

bend·​er ˈben-dər How to pronounce bender (audio)
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
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Example Sentences

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 The cracks are there from the start: Hopper has a habit of disappearing (domestic routine might not be his thing), and is on an unknown bender, possibly in Tijuana, just before the fire hits. Matthew Specktor, The Atlantic, 30 May 2022 Sacrifice your followers, send them on a psychedelic bender, cook their bodies into food for the rest of your flock. Alyse Stanley, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Perhaps the virus will stay on its Omicron bender, making an Omicron vaccine—a favorite for the fall’s jab jubilee—sound like a no-brainer. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 May 2022 If an employee gets into a fender-bender on their way into the office, that could drastically and negatively skew their perceptions for the rest of the day, if not the rest of the week. Mark Murphy, Forbes, 28 June 2022 The digital extortion gang Lapsus$ went on an extreme hacking bender in the first months of 2022. Wired, 5 July 2022 Her new novel is a genre bender: a murder story whose prose sings and snickers and soars as engagingly as Chang’s literary fiction. Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2022 The wedding in the Pittsburgh area sent Caminiti on a three-day bender that ultimately ended with him calling former Rockets star John Lucas for help. Matt Young, Chron, 27 May 2022 In 2009, an oil trader on a bender placed around $520 million of trades for crude oil, saddling his company with $10 million in losses. Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 2 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

bender

noun

as in drunk
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • drunk
  • spree
  • binge
  • jamboree
  • bust
  • carouse
  • carousal
  • toot
  • wassail
  • drunkenness
  • blowout
  • kegger
  • orgy
  • revelry
  • bacchanalia
  • revel
  • jag
  • inebriation
  • keg party
  • intoxication
  • inebriety
  • tipsiness
  • bibbery
  • bibulousness
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