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binge

[ 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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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 < ?
SYNONYMS FOR binge
1 bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy.
Related formsbing·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for binger

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for binger

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 binger

binge

see go on, def. 9.

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