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binge

  [binj] noun, verb, binged, bing⋅ing. Informal.
Use binge in a Sentence
–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 < ?

Related forms:
binger, noun

Synonyms:
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.
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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.
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Language Translation for : binge
Spanish: cubo (de la basura), papelera,
German: der Behälter,
Japanese: 大箱
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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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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