bent

  • 41bent on — or[bent upon] Very decided, determined, or set. * /The sailors were bent on having a good time./ * /The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief./ * /The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42bent — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, grassy place, bent grass, from Old English beonot ; akin to Old High German binuz rush Date: 14th century 1. unenclosed grassland 2. a. (1) a reedy grass (2) a stalk of stiff coarse grass b. bent grass …

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  • 43bent — 1. adjective /bɛnt/ a) folded, dented He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why. b) Homosexual. That shot was so bent it left the pitch. Syn: crooked, queer See Also …

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  • 44Bent — Angry, bothered, and generally ticked off at something trival. When truly upset, it can be combined with the word mighty to become the variant mighty bent. Possibly derived from the old saying bent out of shape. While I was in the bathroom at… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 45Bent — Angry, bothered, and generally ticked off at something trival. When truly upset, it can be combined with the word mighty to become the variant mighty bent. Possibly derived from the old saying bent out of shape. While I was in the bathroom at… …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 46bent —   Pi o, pelu ia, ke e, lāke e, lāpe e, kapakahi, kiwi, kikiwi, kākiwi, pa ewa; lu ulu u (as in grief); anake e, palakāhela; manawai (rare):    ♦ bent out, lanahua;    ♦ bent over, lāpu u, ōnaha, lo u, po oka eo; hanunu (rare); out of shape,… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 47bent — 1) Crooked. Anyone who knows him knows Chris is bent. 2) Damaged by collision, in motorcyclist lingo. Severely damaged is way bent. Dude hit a tree and his bike is bent, man …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 48bent — 1) Crooked. Anyone who knows him knows Chris is bent. 2) Damaged by collision, in motorcyclist lingo. Severely damaged is way bent. Dude hit a tree and his bike is bent, man …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 49bent —    1. dishonest    Not straight, as in the punning bent copper. It may also refer to something stolen:     Having sold a stolen or bent car to a complainant... (Lavine, 1930)    2. (of a male) homosexual    As different from straight,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 50bent — 1. adjective the bucket had a bent handle Syn: twisted, crooked, warped, contorted, deformed, misshapen, out of shape, irregular; bowed, arched, curved, angled, hooked, kinked; informal pretzeled 2. noun an artistic bent …

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