binge
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
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a bout of excessive eating or drinking
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excessive indulgence in anything
a shopping binge
verb
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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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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
But his soap opera-esque formula of hateable villains and underdog heroes inspires the kind of binge viewing and TikTok clipping now driving the entertainment business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The meat provided by male hunters is a kind of luxury, a special treat for a binge and celebration, the Pleistocene equivalent of a giant box of Toblerone.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
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
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
"I'm sure I said that I've been addicted to a Netflix show when I binged it really late one night, but I don't think it's the same thing as clinical addiction," he added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Starting at the family’s sprawling Christmas Eve celebration and then jumping to a new holiday for each episode, this GLAAD-nominated series is short enough to be binged over the break.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
She binged and dieted and then cycled through it all again.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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
He has a casual demeanor and speaks English with an American accent picked up bingeing shows including “Entourage” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 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
But I felt like there was this real disconnect where I started bingeing almost more once I had more in my life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
“He’s going on a date, not bingeing Simpsons reruns.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
Me and my wife are slowly making it through some series we’re binging.
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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