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fender-bender

fender-bender noun: a minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.

Noun

fender-bender (plural fender-benders)

  1. (US, slang) A minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.
    • My insurance went up even though all my accidents were just fender-benders.
    Synonyms:
    prang, bingle, shunt

Synonyms of fender-bender

Forms of fender-bender

pluralfender-benders
alternative formfender bender

Questions about fender-bender

What does fender-bender mean?
Fender-bender means a minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.
What part of speech is fender-bender?
Fender-bender is a noun.
What is the plural of fender-bender?
The plural of fender-bender is fender-benders.

Words near fender-bender in the dictionary

  1. fender beams
  2. fender bender
  3. fender benders
  4. fender skirt
  5. fender skirts
  6. fender-bender
  7. fender-benders
  8. fenderboard
  9. fenderboards
  10. fendered
  11. fenderhead

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