binge-watch

American  

[binj-woch] / ˈbɪndʒˌwɒtʃ /

Or bingewatch,

verb (used with object)

1. to watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.

   We binge-watched two seasons of the show in two days.

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verb (used without object)

1. to engage in this activity.

Etymology

Origin of binge-watch

First recorded in 1995–2000; binge + watch

Example Sentences

The four men, all 37, went to college in New York around the same time, and some of them regularly got together to binge-watch the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Because often with episodic storytelling, people either want to binge-watch it, or they’re time-poor, or watch it with two or three other things on board.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

You can bury yourself in a binge-watch for a day or a week, but then it’s over, no long in-between stretches to hash out each episode.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Previous Collins' words of the year include lockdown, climate strike, single-use, fake news, Brexit, binge-watch, photobomb and geek.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2022

“Let’s binge-watch something on Netflix. And were totally skipping that stupid Last Hoorah party tomorrow too, by the way.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon