Skip to main content
verb. to engage in a bender, that is, a brief or extended period of intensive drinking, drug usage, and /or other forms of extreme indulgence, generally in response to periods of high stress.

In addition, can sometimes also allude to acts of over-the-top homosexual behaviour or indulgence, as in the British slang noun "bender" or adjective "bent."
there were few things in life worse than waking up to the hazy, throbbing stupor following a night of heavy bending." OR "John says he has a girlfriend, but he was out mad bending at gay bars all weekend.
bending by loki jotun July 5, 2011
Urban Dictionary Merch
v. Being able to control matter without touching it.
Did you see the last episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender?
No, was it good?
Yeah, Zuko looked really sexy when he was bending that fire.
bending by Uncle Iroh October 21, 2011
Dancing by rotating your butt on someones pelvis.
I continued bending on my boyfriend while watching my mom cry.
bending by Jon_Hollister December 28, 2012
To alter the truth to make a story more entertaining. Also to exagerrate facts to make them seem more incredible or unbelievable.
Brad said he bagged five chicks last night, but I think he was just bending.

bending by Gypsy Boy October 25, 2005
A form of anal sexual pleasure specific to people who have a very large penis when half-hard. This act involves edging oneself almost to sexual completion, then waiting till the penis softens up to a point where its hard and virile enough to ejaculate, then bending it into the anus, therefore finishing in your butthole.
Friend 1: Dude I was Bending all night, it took ages to shit it out!
Friend 2: That's insane, you should be in an asylum!
Bending by gigyo May 27, 2024

bending the curve 

A popular expression that means to alter the underlying terms of a problem to improve its outcome. Represented graphically, this would result in the “curve” being “bent” in a positive direction as the conditions change over time.
Bending the curve on violent extremism in weakly governed countries is possible by strengthening the institutions of governance and their capacity to protect their populations from non-state actors.

bending corners in the hood 

Walking around your neighborhood looking for things to do.
I was hanging with my homies bending corners in the hood.
Word of the Day on September 10, 2006
More from Urban Dictionary

God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
Word of the Day on September 17, 2026
Next