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[ binj ]
/ bɪndʒ /
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noun

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

verb (used without object), binged, bing·ing or binge·ing.

to have a binge: to binge on junk food.

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RELATED WORDS

orgy, blind, affair, carousal, fling, drunk, toot, bender, jag, bout, compotation

Nearby words

  1. binet, alfred,
  2. binet-simon scale,
  3. bing,
  4. bing xin,
  5. bing, rudolf,
  6. binge drinking,
  7. binge eating,
  8. binge eating disorder,
  9. binge-purge syndrome,
  10. binge-watch

Origin of binge

First recorded in 1850–55; dial. (Lincolnshire) binge to soak < ?
Related formsbing·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for binge

binge

/ (bɪndʒ) /

noun informal

a bout of excessive eating or drinking
excessive indulgence in anythinga shopping binge

verb binges, bingeing, binging or binged (intr)

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

Word Origin for binge

C19: probably Lincolnshire dialect binge to soak
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Word Origin and History for binge

binge

n.

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with binge

binge

see go on, def. 9.

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