binging
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noun
1.
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.
2.
to have a binge: to binge on junk food.
Origin:
1850–55; dial. (Lincolnshire) binge to soak < ?
1850–55; dial. (Lincolnshire) binge to soak < ?
Related forms
bing·er, noun
Synonyms
1. bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy.
1. bender, blast, jag, tear, bust, toot; orgy.
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World English Dictionary
bing (bɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| dialect a heap or pile, esp of spoil from a mine | |
| [C16: from Old Norse bingr heap] | |
| 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.
bing
"heap or pile," 1510s, from O.N. bingr "heap." Also used from early 14c. as a word for bin, perhaps from notion of "place where things are piled."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
binge definition[bɪndʒ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
For patients with bulimia, this means maintaining a weight without binging and purging.
Binging on other people's money can only go on for some time before some one calls the bluff and starts asking for repayment.
Any suggestions on how to break the dinnertime binging.
Everybody would agree that a sensible diet is somewhere between starvation and binging.
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