How do you pronounce bend it like beckham?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɛnd‿ɪt laɪk ˈbɛkəm/.

bend it like beckham

/ˌbɛnd‿ɪt laɪk ˈbɛkəm/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: bend it like Beck-ham
IPA: /ˌbɛnd‿ɪt laɪk ˈbɛkəm/

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Meaning

verb

To kick a football (soccer ball), especially during a free kick, in a manner which causes it to move in a curve rather than in a straight line.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Bud [a dog] harried the ball across the garden. He dribbled it with his nose, bending it like Beckham."
"The whole of England held its breath as [David] Beckham stepped back, looked up, paused, and, well, bent it like Beckham into the top corner. The nation's roofs lifted off. […] I too leapt into the air and jumped for joy when Beckham's shot hit the back of the net."
"David Beckham, for example, is known for his free kicks. After team training, he practices free kick after free kick after free kick—just him, the ball, goal, and a movable wall. He practices well after his teammates have showered and left the ground. Like the movie title says, "Nobody bends it like Beckham" (though the Brazilians might debate that statement). That kind of skill is not genetic; it is from deliberate practice and a lot of it."
"How Kieran Trippier bent it like Beckham to score England's brilliant World Cup opener against Croatia [title] […] That was an old school free-kick from Kieran Trippier, straight out of the David Beckham playbook. His aim is to get as much whip and dip on the ball as possible. Trippier addresses the side of the ball, plants his left foot alongside it and his right takes care of the rest. The way he wraps his foot around the ball generates a top-spin effect, like a sweetly struck forehand from Rafael Nadal."
"Not even a Chinese philosopher can meditate endlessly on gravel so we get the ball next. After a spell of bending it like Beckham, dribbling around two hot Pyreneans who have seen it all before, we take position at opposite sides of a plastic sunlounger, tilted to optimal ball-slide angle."
"England's David Beckham and Brazil's Roberto Carlos were purveoyrs of the so-called ‘banana kick’ – where the ball curves outrageously to deceive the goalkeeper. Being able to ‘bend it like Beckham’ is a case of adding rotation to the ball as it moves, which can be done by kicking it off-centre."

Etymology

From bend + it + like + Beckham, referring to the skill of the English footballer David Beckham (born 1975) in kicking a football with a curling shot. The term was popularized by the title of the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌbɛnd‿ɪt laɪk ˈbɛkəm/
British English: /ˌbɛnd‿ɪt laɪk ˈbɛkəm/

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Inflected Forms

bends it like Beckham (present, singular) bending it like Beckham (participle, present) bent it like Beckham (participle, past) bent it like Beckham (past)