binge

[binj]

noun

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

   Synonyms: orgy, toot, bust, tear, jag, blast, bender

verb (used without object)

binged, bingeing, binging. 

1. to have a binge.

   to binge on junk food.

binge

/ bɪndʒ /

noun

1. a bout of excessive eating or drinking

2. excessive indulgence in anything

   a shopping binge

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• binger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of binge¹

First recorded in 1850–55; dialectal (Lincolnshire) binge “to soak”; further origin unknown

Word History and Origins

Origin of binge¹

C19: probably Lincolnshire dialect binge to soak

Idioms and Phrases

see go on, def. 9.

Example Sentences

In the years leading up to the pandemic, low interest rates fueled borrowing binges across higher education to build snazzy academic buildings and dorms.

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He doesn’t mention an earlier admission, of shooting 17 cats during a drug binge.

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They are concerned that encouraging abstinence from particular foods could trigger binge eating and extreme dieting to compensate.

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Two years after the big gain, the Paxtons and their blind trust went on a 10-month real-estate buying binge, spending almost $3.5 million on residential properties in Florida, Oklahoma, Utah and Hawaii.

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She first opened up about her restrictive diet and binge eating in her 2001 autobiography, “Learning to Fly.”

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Related Words

• orgy