plural binges
1
: an unrestrained and often excessive indulgence
a buying/shopping binge
a weekend-long TV binge
especially : an act of excessive or compulsive consumption (as of food or alcoholic beverages)
went on an eating/drinking binge
Meanwhile, the hangover cure pitches suggest that before every healthy New Year's resolution comes an unhealthy New Year's binge. M. Carrie Allan
see also binge drinking, binge eating, binge-watch
2
: a social gathering : party
… fancy-dress binges have always been my dish. P. G. Wodehouse

binge

2 of 2

verb

binged; bingeing or binging

intransitive verb

: to go on a binge
bingeing on beer and pretzels
Anorexics eat hardly anything while bulimics binge on large amounts of food, then purge themselves with laxatives or by vomiting or other means. Jon Marcus

Examples of binge in a Sentence

Noun weekend binges are a serious problem at many colleges and universities a shopping binge at the mall Verb a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing
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Noun
For example, all of the upstart streamers launched over the last five or so years opted not to adopt Netflix’s binge release strategy for most of their new releases, thus preserving the linear tradition of doling out episodes of a show on a weekly basis. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 That’s when Rupert went on a seven-point scoring binge in the next 25 seconds, pulling Portland within 90-89. Jason Quick, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. animal behavior animals marine biology ocean 1 free article left Want More? Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025 The 10th-gen Apple iPad is here to make your digital life a whole lot smoother—perfect for handling everything from group projects to binging your favorite shows. Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for binge 

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

English dialect binge (to drink heavily)

First Known Use

Noun

1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of binge was in 1854

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Cite this Entry

“Binge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

binge

noun
ˈbinj
1
: spree
2
: an act of consuming something (as food) to excess
binge verb
bingeable
ˈbin-jə-bəl
adjective

Medical Definition

: an act of excessive or compulsive consumption especially of food or alcoholic beverages see also binge drinking, binge eating

binge

2 of 2 intransitive verb
binged; bingeing or binging
: to go on a binge
… as compared to males, females were more likely to have used alcohol in the past 30 days, but less likely to have binged Kathleen Ragsdale et al., Journal of Substance Use
The bulimic patient prefers to be alone when she binges, and she binges usually for between 15 minutes and a few hours. L. K. George Hsu, Behavior Modification

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