Bender may refer to: a Surname (of German and English descent) or meaning to go on a binge.
Slang
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Drinking binge
Binge drinking, or heavy episodic drinking, is drinking alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time, but definitions vary considerably.
Binge drinking is a style of ...
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Curveball
In baseball and softball, the curveball is a type of pitch thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball, causing it to dive as it approaches the plate. Varieties of curveball include the 12–6 curve ...
, a type of pitch thrown in baseball
* Bender, a male
homosexual
Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" exc ...
, in British derogatory slang
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Sixpence (British coin)
The United Kingdom, British sixpence () coin, sometimes known as a tanner, was a denomination (currency), denomination of Coins of the United Kingdom, sterling coinage worth of a Pound (currency), pound or half a Shilling (British coin), shill ...
, in archaic British slang
Fictional characters
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Bender (''Futurama''), a robot from the animated television series ''Futurama''
* Bender, one who can manipulate a classical element in the
''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' franchise
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Elaine Bender, detective from the television series ''Blue Murder''
* Goodloe Bender, from the movie ''
The Road to Wellville
''The Road to Wellville'' is a 1993 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. Set in Battle Creek, Michigan, during the early days of breakfast cereals, the story includes a historical fictionalization of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of corn f ...
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John Bender (character), from the 1985 film ''The Breakfast Club'' played by Judd Nelson
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Ostap Bender
Ostap Bender () is a fictional confidence trick, con man and the central antiheroic protagonist in the novels ''The Twelve Chairs'' (1928) and ''The Little Golden Calf'' (1931) written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf Ilf and Petrov, and Yevgeny Petrov ...
, a con man in novels by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov
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''Bender'' (TV series), a 1979 TV series produced by
Terry Becker
Terry Becker (August 5, 1921 – December 30, 2014) was an American film and television actor, director and producer.
Career
Becker portrayed Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey in seasons 2 through 4 of the television series '' Voyage to the ...
Places
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Bender, Moldova
Bender (, ) or Bendery (, ; ), also known as Tighina ( mo-Cyrl, Тигина, links=no), is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under ''de facto'' control of the unrecognized Transnistria, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Rep ...
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Bender, Georgia, United States, a ghost town
Music
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Bender (band), an American hard rock band
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Bender (rapper) (1980–2018), Canadian rapper
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Ariel Bender, pseudonym of British rock guitarist Luther Grosvenor
Other uses
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Bender (surname)
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FC Dinamo Bender
Fotbal Club Tighina was a Moldovan football club based in Bender (also known as ''Tighina''), Moldova.
History
During its existence, the club has been known by the following names:
* 1950—1958: ''Burevestnik Bender''
* In 1959: ''Lokomotiv ...
, Moldovan football club based in Bender
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Bender tent, a type of makeshift shelter made using bended tree branches
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Pipe and tube bender
Tube bending is any metal forming processes used to permanently form pipes or tubing. Tube bending may be form-bound or use freeform-bending procedures, and it may use heat supported or cold forming procedures.
Form bound bending procedures ...
, a machine which bends tube, pipe and solid metals
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Bloody Benders
The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872. The family supposedly consisted of John Bender, his wife Kate Sr. (or Almira), t ...
, a family of serial killers operating in Kansas in the 19th century.
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B-Bender
A B-Bender is a guitar accessory that enables a player to fluidly alter the pitch of a guitar's B-string. This works by mechanically bending the B-string through the use of a series of levers and/or pulleys attached to an external lever that is ...
, a guitar accessory that allows the player to change the pitch of one or more strings "on the fly"
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Bend (disambiguation)
Bend may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Bend, British Columbia, a railway point
United States
* Bend, California
* Bend, Missouri
* Bend, Oregon
* Bend, South Dakota
* Bend, Texas
Science, technology and engineering
* Bending, the deformation of a ...
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Benders (disambiguation)
The Benders were a Sydney jazz band.
Benders may also refer to:
* Bloody Benders, 1870s family of Kansas serial killers
* ''Benders'' (TV series), a 2015 American television series
* Benders decomposition in mathematical programming
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Bending (disambiguation)
Bending may refer to:
* Bending, the behavior of a structural element subjected to a lateral load
* Bending (metalworking), a sheet metalworking process used in manufacture
* Bending the rules
* Joanna Bending, British actress
* Simon J. Bendi ...
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Bendor (disambiguation)
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