binge

American  

[binj] / bɪndʒ /

noun

• binges
  plural

1. a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.

   Synonyms:

   orgy, toot, bust, tear, jag, blast, bender

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verb (used without object)

• binges,
  present (3rd person singular)
• binged,
  past participle,  past
• bingeing,
  present participle
• binging
  present participle

1. to have a binge.

   to binge on junk food.

binge British  

/ bɪndʒ /

noun

1. a bout of excessive eating or drinking

2. excessive indulgence in anything

   a shopping binge

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verb

1. to indulge in a binge (esp of eating or drinking)

binge Idioms  

1. see go on, def. 9.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• binger
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• binges
  plural

Participles

• bingeing
  present
• binging
  present
• binged
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• binge
  simple
• binges
  simple
• have binged
  perfect
• has binged
  perfect
• am bingeing
  progressive
• am binging
  progressive
• are bingeing
  progressive
• are binging
  progressive
• is bingeing
  progressive
• is binging
  progressive
• have been bingeing
  perfect progressive
• have been binging
  perfect progressive
• has been bingeing
  perfect progressive
• has been binging
  perfect progressive

Past

• binged
  simple
• had binged
  perfect
• was bingeing
  progressive
• was binging
  progressive
• were bingeing
  progressive
• were binging
  progressive
• had been bingeing
  perfect progressive
• had been binging
  perfect progressive

Future

• will binge
  simple
• will have binged
  perfect
• will be bingeing
  progressive
• will be binging
  progressive
• will have been bingeing
  perfect progressive
• will have been binging
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of binge

First recorded in 1850–55; dialectal (Lincolnshire) binge “to soak”; further origin unknown

Explanation

A binge is a brief period of doing something excessively. You might celebrate your birthday by indulging in a banana cream pie binge if that's your very favorite dessert. Binge rhymes with fringe. If you give in to your urges and really indulge yourself, you binge on something, whether it's candy, video games, or shopping. There's an implied sense in the word binge that you're doing too much of something that isn't very good for you in the first place. Binge is also a verb, as in people who binge on television, watching show after show.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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The AI data-center spending binge is helping to mask some of the weakness in the traditional categories of commercial and industrial buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Feel free to binge them — or, if you prefer, you can check out my recommended episode to get a feel of each show’s spirit.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

It’s unclear why, and it doesn’t really do any favors to the show, which is more of a slow-burn psychological drama than a ripping action show that’s easy to binge through.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Then I would go for a two-hour walk, and binge again.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

It was a tradition in our house to binge on bad disaster movies instead of football or parades.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

A colony of macaques that gorge on snacks offered by tourists in the British territory of Gibraltar swallow soil to recover from their junk food binges, a study has found.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

In the years leading up to the pandemic, low interest rates fueled borrowing binges across higher education to build snazzy academic buildings and dorms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Feelings of guilt often follow eating binges, he admitted.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

Each is an easy joy, designed for comfort binges and the kind of repeat consumption some of us crave during cozy season.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024

I guessed that he had the jelly beans to make it look like he was offering kids a treat, but in actuality he never did and went on his own jelly-bean-eating binges.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

“Lioness” can be binged later, and soccer and football won’t really kick into gear until September.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Letlhogonolo Mogale, who binged the show days after its release, described Jonasi as an "serial cheater" and "opportunist who would do anything to satisfy himself".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

In its first two weeks, 1.5 million premier-level subscribers had already binged the entire series, which has been rolling out one episode weekly for regular subscribers since May 6.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

I recently binged the new “Love is Blind” season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

She binged and dieted and then cycled through it all again.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

With a major career milestone within her reach and increased appearances in front of the camera, the sudden pressures on Maddie trigger long-hidden patterns of disordered eating: bingeing and purging, secrets and lies.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Now you just drop a service entirely at the click of a button, when a sports season ends or you’re done bingeing a favorite show.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Young people around the world are snatching Adidas Tang-style jackets off the shelves, bingeing on Chinese micro-dramas and experimenting with powdery make-up looks flaunted by Chinese girls and women on Douyin, China's version of TikTok.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

After bingeing on labor during the pandemic, many corporations are slimming down as they face economic uncertainty and threats from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Mustafa is sprawled in his usual spot on the sofa watching an episode of the latest show he’s bingeing and doesn’t look up when we come into the room.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

I’m also nearly finished binging the sweet but juicy Peacock show “The Five-Star Weekend,” which is based on the Nantucket-set Elin Hilderbrand novel of the same name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Still, patient viewers can save by waiting a couple months and binging the full seasons of both.

From MarketWatch ● May 31, 2026

For Sinead Quinn, she's "at a point in my life, I know this cycle of binging and restrictive dieting needs to stop".

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Unlike disordered-eating behaviors like binging or purging, which often prompt concern or intervention, orthorexic actions are likely to be overlooked or even praised.

From Slate ● May 25, 2025

Before the show was over, all the humans were checking their buzzing and binging phones.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Related Words

• orgy