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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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
A borrowing binge this year for big tech companies is giving debt investors fatigue and pushing up the cost of capital across the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
He is all these things; but he is also like an apple, after a prolonged and gluttonous binge.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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
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
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
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
“Lioness” can be binged later, and soccer and football won’t really kick into gear until September.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 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
Many corporations binged on labor during the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
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
Mustafa is sprawled in his usual spot on the sofa watching an episode of the latest show he’s bingeing and doesn’t look up when we come into the room.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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
The sci-fi series changed his life, he said, from binging early episodes on VHS tape in the 1990s to ending up working behind the scenes many years later.
From BBC ● May 31, 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
Before the show was over, all the humans were checking their buzzing and binging phones.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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