pig-out

American  

[pig-out] / ˈpɪgˌaʊt /

noun

Slang.

1. an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.

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pig out British  

verb

1. slang (intr, adverb) to gorge oneself

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pig out Idioms  

1. Eat ravenously, gorge oneself, as in The kids pigged out on the candy they had collected on Halloween. [Slang; early 1970s]

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Etymology

Origin of pig-out

First recorded in 1975–80; noun use of verb phrase pig out

Example Sentences

Then there is the president’s favorite pig-out food.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2015

But the effect is more than musical channel-surfing or a postmodern pig-out: these pieces are a vision of what happens when postmodern practices become something much more meaningful.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2012

S&P couldn't pull its snout out of the trough even when it became apparent in 2007 that the mortgage bond pig-out was over.

From Time • Aug. 17, 2011

He drinks cooled yerba mate tea during his pig-out meals and likes a greens supplement.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2011

We also know that in the real world, real diets--vegetarian and nonvegetarian--as consumed by real people range from primly virtuous to pig-out voracious.

From Time Magazine Archive