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▪ I. splurge, n. orig. U.S.|splɜːdʒ|
[Imitative.]
1. a. An ostentatious display or effort. Also in phr. to cut a splurge, to make an ostentatious display.
1828‘F. Herbert’ Talisman for 1829 ii. 107 ‘What a splurge’ (said a Kentucky representative, in one of the favorite and most expressive words of Western invention)—‘what a splurge she makes’. 1860Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 3) 112 Cut a splurge,..to make a show or display in dress. 1864Boston (Mass.) Commw. 3 June, Manton Marble..has just made a splurge in a letter addressed to the President. 1886C. D. Warner Summer in Garden 152 They make a great deal of ostentatious splurge; and many of them come to no result at last. 1895Punch 1 June 258/2 My anti-gambling old Gaffer 'as spiled the whole splurge. 1897Chicago Tribune 19 Sept. 37/1 Two shrewd young Hoosiers..came to Chicago in 1891 and cut a big splurge in monetary and real estate circles. 1977Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 4/3 Presidential inauguration ceremonies..will go on for the rest of the week in a $3 million (about {pstlg}1,700,000) splurge of dances, parties and celebrations.
b. A sudden extravagant indulgence, esp. in spending.
1928Publishers' Weekly 16 June 2429 The Sales Force hadn't the courage to urge big splurges. 1929W. Deeping Roper's Row xxx. 342 He was not to be the slave of other people's animal appetites, their sex splurges. 1937M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget iv. 74 For years she has been putting something aside—not for a rainy day, but for a splurge. 1957M. Millar Soft Talkers 193 A chicken salad which she looked at ravenously but barely touched, as if she knew too well the penalties of such a splurge. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 27 Mar. 12/6 The Air Transport Association predicts a 6 per cent increase in air travel this year. ‘We don't see any tremendous splurge,’ a spokesman said.
c. spec. in Journalism, a large or showy advertisement, feature, etc.
1960E. Partridge Charm of Words 31 A full-page advertisement..is usually called either a splash or, if showy, a splurge. 1971‘L. Black’ Death has Green Fingers x. 109 We've got..quite a splurge about the rose industry generally.
2. A heavy splash or downpour.
1879Sala Paris Herself Again II. xvii. 270 The rain came down..in brief but uncomfortable ‘splurges’.
▪ II. splurge, v. orig. U.S.|splɜːdʒ|
[Imitative.]
1. a. intr. To make an ostentatious display; to show off.
a1848Maj. Jones's Courtship 101 (Bartlett), Cousin Pete was thar splurgin about in the biggest, with his dandy-cut trowsers and big whiskers. 1888C. D. Warner Their Pilgr. iv. 114 People who..buy or build expensive villas, splurge out for a year or two, then fail.., and disappear.
b. To spend money extravagantly. Freq. const. on. Also trans.
1934in Webster. 1947Chicago Sun 28 Jan. 17/2 When I got around to furnishing my office, I thought I'd splurge on a good 18th Century English armchair. 1961Observer 19 Mar. 3/3 The cigarette manufacturers splurged [on advertising], in spite of or because of cancer fears. 1975High Times Dec. 130/1 If you really get into omelettes, you should splurge and procure a good copper or stainless steel omelette pan. 1977Spare Rib June 6 So what does Bhagwan offer which is so compelling that feminists will splurge this sort of money? 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. v. 229 You don't have to splurge on Maxim's now—we can go somewhere simple.
2. To splash heavily. (Cf. splodge v. 1.)
1887T. Stevens Around World on Bicycle i. viii. 189, I don my gossamers as soon as the rain slacks up a little, and splurge ahead through the mud.
Hence ˈsplurging ppl. a.
1884L. Oliphant Altiora Peto 90 The..American heiress and her friend—two of my splurging young countrywomen. |