binge
Plural: binges
Noun
- any act of immoderate indulgence
- "an emotional binge"
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
- A compressed period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.
Verb
Verb Forms: binged, bingeing, binging, binges
- To indulge in an activity or consumption without restraint.
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- "The kids binged on ice cream"
- To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption.
Examples
- I binged on ice cream.
- I'm totally happy to binge when I'm not busy.
- She decided to BINGE on a long session of Words With Friends, playing game after game.
- She'll binge an entire series on the weekend.
Origin / Etymology
From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to drink deeply", also "to soak, steep, drench", specifically "to swell a leaky wooden vessel by filling it with or plunging it into water”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal English beene and beam (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”).
Synonyms
bout, bust, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, orgy, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, splurge, stuff, tear, bender, debauch, jag, spree, toot
Scrabble Score: 8
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