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binge

[binj] noun, verb, binged, bing⋅ing. Informal.
–noun
1. a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
–verb (used without object)
2. to have a binge: to binge on junk food.

Origin:
1850–55; dial. (Lincolnshire) binge to soak < ?


binger, noun


1. bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy.
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binge   (bĭnj)   
n.  
  1. A drunken spree or revel.

    1. A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.

    2. A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink: an eating binge.

intr.v.   binged, bing·ing or binge·ing, bing·es
  1. To be immoderately self-indulgent and unrestrained: "The story is like a fever dream that a disturbed and imaginative city-dweller might have after binging on comics" (Lloyd Rose).

  2. To engage in excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink.


[From dialectal binge, to soak.]
bing'er n.
Synonyms: These nouns denote a period of uncontrolled self-indulgence: a gambling binge; had one last fling before beginning a new job; a crying jag; an eating orgy; a shopping spree.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
binge [bɪndʒ]

  1. n.
    a drinking or drugging spree. : Larry is the type who likes a good binge every now and then.
  2. n.
    any spree of self-indulgence: emotional, gluttonous, etc. : About Thanksgiving time I start a monthlong eating binge.
  3. in.
    to drink heavily. : She binges about once a month and is stone-cold sober the rest of the time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

binge 
1854, "drinking bout," dialectal use of binge "soak" (a wooden vessel), so, by extension, "drink heavily, soak up alcohol." Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: binge
Pronunciation: 'binj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: binged;binge·ing or bing·ing
: to eat compulsively or greedily especially as a symptom of bulimia bingeing —Carol Tavris> —bing·er /-&r/ noun
Idioms & Phrases

binge

see go on, def. 9.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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