binge
Americannoun
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binges
plural
verb (used without object)
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binges,
present (3rd person singular)
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binged,
past participle, past
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bingeing,
present participle
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binging
present participle
noun
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a bout of excessive eating or drinking
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excessive indulgence in anything
a shopping binge
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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bingesimple
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bingessimple
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have bingedperfect
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has bingedperfect
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am bingeingprogressive
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am bingingprogressive
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are bingeingprogressive
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are bingingprogressive
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is bingeingprogressive
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is bingingprogressive
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have been bingeingperfect progressive
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have been bingingperfect progressive
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has been bingeingperfect progressive
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has been bingingperfect progressive
Past
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bingedsimple
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had bingedperfect
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was bingeingprogressive
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was bingingprogressive
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were bingeingprogressive
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were bingingprogressive
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had been bingeingperfect progressive
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had been bingingperfect progressive
Future
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.
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Example Sentences
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They have vivid memories of prior asset bubbles, from the fiber optic investment boom of the dot-com era to the mortgage-backed securities binge that planted the seeds of the global financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
When a new series comes out, he explains, "binge watching it automatically" often feels like a decision that is made for us.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
From the rapid advance of Chinese models to growing local opposition to data-center construction in the U.S., the possible threats to the hyperscalers’ ongoing development binge are increasing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
In other words, the relentless urge to binge might not be a psychological failing or a lack of willpower but a measurable hormonal deficit that drugs might be able to treat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Two years ago, Conner and I went on a classic movie binge.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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
In the depths of their internet binges, all three were looking for help, but GPs, mental health services, courses on stress and internet research on addiction did little to control the compulsions.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
Thomson, the author of dozens of books including “The Biographical Dictionary of Film,” binges on “Ozark” and Godard but finds “L’Avventura” a drag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
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
It then became an entertainment powerhouse by paying up for original series that could be streamed over the internet and often binged in a single evening.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
In reply to the post, Taraji P Henson - star of hits including Hidden Figures and Empire - said the show had had her in a "chokehold" and she had binged it in one day.
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 spent a weekend doing deep investigative research into future technologies: I binged “The Jetsons” in my sweatpants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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
Even then, you can save a few bucks by bingeing it all later on down the road.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The pupils all insist they are not bingeing more before and after school.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 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
“He’s going on a date, not bingeing Simpsons reruns.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
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
You can’t even call it binging, we’re going so slowly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
He remembers once telling Volpe that he was binging on Kurt Vonnegut novels, “going through a Vonnegut stage.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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