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

Related forms

bing·er, noun

Synonyms
1. bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy.

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Example Sentences

Binge eating is when a person eats a much larger amount of food in a shorter period of time than he or she normally would.

In the latest sign that hope trumps experience, two groups announced new campaigns last week to reduce binge drinking.

Nor, with plenty of capacity sitting idle, are firms likely to go on an investment binge.

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Binge eating is when a person eats a much larger amount of food in a shorter period of time than he or she normally would.

In the latest sign that hope trumps experience, two groups announced new campaigns last week to reduce binge drinking.

Nor, with plenty of capacity sitting idle, are firms likely to go on an investment binge.

As with many other predators-though even more so-polar bears binge on large kills whenever and wherever they can.

Hannah is a binge eater, subject to regular eating attacks and a loss of control over food consumption.

Binge acquiring is no longer feasible unless the target company directly and immediately enhances capital returns.

Binge eating is apparently extremely common, experts report.

Using a controversial definition for binge drinking, the study lambastes.

Wisconsin excels at drinking, all forms binge or otherwise, and we're rather proud of it.

Researchers had rats eat normal food, then binge on sugar and chocolate-flavored snacks.

It also speaks against this antigeometric, antipicture binge in which so many scientists have indulged for so long.

College executives are right to be alarmed about binge drinking.

Binge drinking was once the chief bête noire of sensible college students.

The incident could conceivably have been caused by binge drinking.

Then he'll have to construct another building, find more equipment, and go on another hiring binge.

While binge drinking remains high at colleges, it has dropped among people of the same age who do not attend college.

After a binge of bail-outs, lifelines and fiscal stimuli, public borrowing is soaring.

Bulimics often skip meals until they are famished and then binge and purge.

Domestic demand has been contracting, thanks partly to a hangover from a consumer-credit binge.

Even so, the body eventually puts a stop to the binge.

The logic behind this pre-Christmas shopping binge is clear.

The spending binge has caused the economy to overheat, pushing up inflation.

Even best mates on a drinking binge will have long silences.

The accused and his victim were likely doing some serious binge drinking prior.

It didn't spiral out of control and turn into a week-long binge.

The holidays are a time to indulge in favorite foods, but even one eating binge poses a health risk.

College administrators say a whole new industry built around drinking games is a thin cover for binge drinking.

The budget deficit is soaring, thanks to collapsing tax revenues and a pre-election spending binge.

China is already grappling with sour loans generated by its lending binge last year.

Nor, with the exception of commercial property and leveraged buy-outs, did the rich world's firms go on a debt binge.

Consumers have been going on a greater debt binge than companies and the impact on them may be more immediate.

They led the duo to binge on securities backed by shoddily underwritten loans.

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World English Dictionary

binge (bɪndʒ)

—n
1.	a bout of excessive eating or drinking
2.	excessive indulgence in anything: a shopping binge

—vb , binges, bingeing, binging, binged
3.	to indulge in a binge (esp of eating or drinking)

[C19: probably Lincolnshire dialect binge to soak]

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Word Origin & History

binge

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.

Slang Dictionary

binge definition

[bɪndʒ]

n.
a drinking or drugging spree. : Larry is the type who likes a good binge every now and then.
n.
any spree of self-indulgence: emotional, gluttonous, etc. : About Thanksgiving time I start a monthlong eating binge.
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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Idioms & Phrases

binge

see go on, def. 9.

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