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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
2: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn: carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up]
3: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. one that bends 2. spree <hungover after a weekend bender>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. sl. a wild drinking-spree. Etymology: BEND(1) + -ER(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bender Bend"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, bends. 2. An instrument used for bending. 3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett. 4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(benders) If someone goes on a bender, they drink a very large amount of alcohol. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT: usu sing, usu on N

Moby Thesaurus

bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, binge, booze, bout, brannigan, bum, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, escapade, fling, guzzle, jag, lark, orgy, ploy, potation, pub-crawl, randan, randy, revel, soak, spree, symposium, tear, toot, wassail, wingding