splurge
Plural: splurges
Noun
- an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
- any act of immoderate indulgence
- "a splurge of spending"
- An extravagant or ostentatious display.
- An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.
Verb
Verb Forms: splurged, splurging, splurges
- To spend money lavishly or excessively.
- indulge oneself
- "I splurged on a new TV"
- be showy or ostentatious
- To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
- To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.
- To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display.
Examples
- He decided to SPLURGE all his high-value tiles on one massive, game-winning play.
- The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips.
- They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert.
Origin / Etymology
Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic.
Scrabble Score: 10
splurge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsplurge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
splurge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
splurge: valid Words With Friends Word