fender-bender

See also: fender bender

English

Alternative forms

• fender bender

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fender-bender (plural fender-benders)

1. (chiefly 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

Translations

minor car accident

Bavarian: Buserer m Catalan: dobladora de parafang f Chinese: Mandarin: 輕微擦撞 / 轻微擦撞 Dutch: blikschade (nl) f Finnish: peltikolari (fi) French: accrochage (fr) German: Blechschaden (de) m Italian: strisciata (it) f Polish: stłuczka (pl) f Portuguese: arranhãozinho m Russian: небольшое (ru) (nebolʹšoje) ДТП (ru) n (DTP), мелкая (ru) (melkaja) ава́рия (ru) f (avárija) Spanish: topetón m, raspón m, topetazo m

See also

• crash
• wreck