[syn: curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bender \Bend"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, bends.
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   2. An instrument used for bending.
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   3. A drunken spree. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett.
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   4. A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bender
    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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "bender":
   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