FENDER-BENDER


Meaning of FENDER-BENDER in English

ˈfender-ˌbender BrE AmE noun [countable] American English informal

a car accident in which little damage is done

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THESAURUS

▪ accident an event in which a vehicle is damaged and often someone is hurt:

Her father died in a car accident.

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Hugh had an accident on his way to work.

▪ crash a serious accident in which a vehicle hits something else:

Rees-Jones was the only person to survive the crash.

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a car/plane/train crash

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He was killed in a plane crash.

▪ collision an accident in which two or more cars, trains etc hit each other:

His car was involved in a collision with a train.

| a head-on collision (=between vehicles that are driving towards each other) :

The actor was killed in a head-on collision while driving his new sports car.

▪ disaster a serious accident involving a train, plane, or boat, in which a lot of people are killed or injured:

It was Britain’s worst air disaster.

▪ wreck American English an accident in which a car or train is badly damaged:

Ben nearly died in a car wreck.

▪ pile-up an accident that involves several cars or trucks:

The pile-up happened in thick fog.

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There was a 12-car pile-up on the motorway.

▪ fender-bender American English informal , prang British English informal a car accident in which little damage is done:

Atkinson was involved in a fender-bender in the hotel parking lot.

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At 15, he borrowed his parents’ car and had a prang.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.