binge
- a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- to have a binge: to binge on junk food.
Origin of binge
Synonyms for binge
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orgy, blind, affair, carousal, fling, drunk, toot, bender, jag, bout, compotationExamples from the Web for binge
Contemporary Examples of binge
Binge eating and purging does the same for someone with bulimia.
A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
For men, excessive, or binge drinking, is defined as five or more drinks at one time, or more than 15 drinks during the week.
But Attack on Titan deserves to be respected as more than just another beautiful, easy Netflix binge.
Binge drinking then becomes associated with high status and the ‘cool’ students on campus.
Historical Examples of binge
When this binge is over … when the rehearsal finishes, you know, how about a bite to eat?
The Little WarriorP. G. Wodehouse
Goes on a binge, doesn't show up for work, so they fire him.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage....Gordon Randall Garrett
He turned east, northeast, east-by-north, like a compass on a binge.
One Purple Hope!Henry Hasse
But, returning to this binge for a moment, I don't see how it matters to you one way or the other.
The Adventures of SallyP. G. Wodehouse
Goes for weeks without touching the stuff, then he goes out on a binge that lasts for a week sometimes.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage....Gordon Randall Garrett
binge
- a bout of excessive eating or drinking
- excessive indulgence in anythinga shopping binge
- to indulge in a binge (esp of eating or drinking)
Word Origin for binge
Word Origin and History for binge
1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge "soak" (a wooden vessel). Noted originally as a Northampton dialect word. Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking. Related: Binged; binging.
Idioms and Phrases with binge
binge
see go on, def. 9.