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
M. Carrie Allan 2
: a social gathering : party
… fancy-dress binges have always been my dish.—P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
binged; bingeing or binging
: 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
Jon MarcusExamples 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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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
While Adebayo was named NBA East Player of the Week in the days after his scoring binge, the league reserves its weekly and monthly awards for players on teams with superior records.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
While the details of the threat facing humanity are new to this story, moviegoers are used to bingeing on popcorn while watching a heroic quest to save the Earth from certain doom.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Younger adults and men were more likely to engage in occasional binge-drinking, the study found.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
While Adebayo was named NBA East Player of the Week in the days after his scoring binge, the league reserves its weekly and monthly awards for players on teams with superior records.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
All eight episodes are available to binge on Netflix.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
While the details of the threat facing humanity are new to this story, moviegoers are used to bingeing on popcorn while watching a heroic quest to save the Earth from certain doom.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Binge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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binge
1 of 2 noun
: 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
Kathleen Ragsdale et al., Journal of Substance UseThe 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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