bender
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- noun
- /ˈbɛndər/
- Slang
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- Coming out of a three-week bender introduced him to a world of indescribable pain.
- go on a bender
- bender and binge drinking
And before this I had been on like a really bad Bender.
- And before this I had been on like a really bad Bender.
- So that makes it sound like God tied one on and, you know, had a Bender and then had to recover from it.
- I went to Floyd Mayweather training camp and then after, for the past three weeks, I went on a, a Bender, to say the least.
- The reason she couldn't hold down a job is because she was slash is into drugs and would go on week long benders where she just wouldn't show up to work.
- But so to to have me end up in the hospital, I just had hit a wall and I had I went on the summer Bender and it bled into the fall.
- I don't want to be here and I'll be on a three day Bender and yeah, I've got a load of pills.
- So you've got my wife who's dealing with two year old boy, newborn daughter in a country where we don't know anybody and then me who's going on fucking three day benders.
- So now that we're done with this Bender, I just like can't wait for next year.
Examples
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Fitzgerald tended to go off on benders for two or three days in New York.
Academic text (2000) -
He may be coming off a decade-long bender, but he is one of my best.
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He'll go on a bender for six, eight months.
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My father dropped out, went on another long bender, and eventually found the strength to free himself from drink.
Fiction book (1998) -
Finally, I could not stand this feeling anymore and went on a bender after a year without a drink.
Fiction book (1996) -
John looks different too: like a guy on the tail end of a lifetime bender.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hells yeah, I can feel a bender coming on.
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He went on his last bender.
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Mila looks kind of like she has been on a bender and lost her shirt...
Blog text (10) -
After a week of hard work, they decided to go on a bender to celebrate the end of the project.
Synonyms
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7.4
A party with a lot of eating or drinking
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9.9
A lively drinking party where people celebrate
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9.5
A noisy party where people drink a lot and have fun
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9.0
A party where people drink a lot and have fun
A period of heavy drinking and dangerous behavior lasting hours or days
A lively, wild party or a quirky person who behaves wildly
A noisy party where people drink and have fun
A time when someone drinks too much alcohol
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Etymology
Bender as a word for a long drinking spree is easy to remember: think of bend in the phrase 'bend your elbow' because you bend your elbow each time you lift a drink. So a bender is a period when someone drinks a lot over several days.