bendy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛndi/
  • (pin-pen) IPA: /ˈbɪndi/

Adjective

bendy (comparative bendier, superlative bendiest)

1. Having the ability to be bent easily.

   Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.

2. (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
3. Containing many bends and twists.

   a bendy road

4. Of a vehicle, articulated.
5. (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour

Synonyms

• (having the ability to be bent easily) flexible, pliable, supple
• (of a person) flexible, limber, lissom or lissome, lithe, supple
• (having many bends and twists) sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy
• (articulated) articulated, jointed

Translations

• Portuguese: flexível

Noun

bendy (plural bendies)

1. (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
2. (UK, slang) A bendy bus.
   • 2016, Matthew Wharmby, The London Bendy Bus: The Bus We Hated (page 92)

     Finally for November, on the 26th double-deckers were restored to the 29, which under bendies had gained an unsavoury reputation that it simply hadn't merited before this form of transport was imposed upon it; […]

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