Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense binges, present participle bingeing, past tense, past participle binged
1. countable noun
If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
[informal]
She went on occasional drinking binges.
Synonyms: bout, session [informal], spell, fling More Synonyms of binge
2. verb
If you binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
[informal]
I haven't binged since 1986. [VERB]
I binged on pizzas or milkshakes. [VERB + on]
Synonyms: overeat, pig out [slang] More Synonyms of binge
binge in British English
(bɪndʒ)
noun informal
1.
a bout of excessive eating or drinking
2.
excessive indulgence in anything
a shopping binge
verbWord forms: binges, bingeing, binging or binged(intransitive)
3.
to indulge in a binge (esp of eating or drinking)
Derived forms
binger (ˈbinger)
noun
Word origin
C19: probably Lincolnshire dialect binge to soak
binge in American English
(bɪndʒ)
noun Informal
1.
a spree or bout of unrestrained imbibing or eating
2.
any completely unrestrained action
a shopping binge
verb intransitiveWord forms: binged or ˈbingeing
3. Informal
to indulge in an unrestrained manner
bingeing on ice cream
Derived forms
binger
noun
Word origin
? < dial. binge, to soak
Examples of 'binge' in a sentence
binge
We are not interested in seeing her drinking binges.
The Sun (2016)
Do these figures suggest a return to the pre-crisis bad old days of binge borrowing?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He crashed one in a country lane and left another outside his house as he went inside to sleep off a drinks binge.
The Sun (2016)
He crashed during the journey after spending most of the previous day binge drinking and topping up in the car with a bottle of gin.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Now they want to increase the tax on alcohol to cut binge drinking.
The Sun (2009)
We always suggest that people only drink the recommended daily amounts and avoid binge drinking.
The Sun (2011)
Worried binge drinking is out of control?
The Sun (2009)
Instead it went on a borrowing binge owing to a much lower cost of capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You might be an unwitting binge drinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The country must also do more to tackle binge drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The report undermines the view that binge drinking is a problem confined to the younger generation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Behind the borrowing binge lay unstable global imbalances.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The chances are that you might be an accidental binge drinker.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Police say that the intention is to combat binge drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Of course binge drinkers target cheap booze.
The Sun (2013)
After signing out the two things you are most likely to do is binge eat and spends loads of money.
The Sun (2014)
Pubs and bars could be forced to offer smaller glass sizes under plans to tackle binge drinking being drawn up by ministers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The committee's proposals alone might not have stopped us going on this borrowing binge.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Unlike most students, he would like to see higher taxes on alcohol to try to tackle binge drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So I would binge and then purge.
The Sun (2012)
With its account of binge dieting and lonely nights, it was searing real-life drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She proves this to herself with a huge binge, a purge, or more starving.
Bloom, Carol & Gitter, Andrea (contributor) & Gutwill, Susan (contributor) & Kogel,Laura (contributor) & Zaphiropoulos, Lela (contributor) Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model (1994)
She may binge, purge, or starve.
Bloom, Carol & Gitter, Andrea (contributor) & Gutwill, Susan (contributor) & Kogel,Laura (contributor) & Zaphiropoulos, Lela (contributor) Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model (1994)
Get enough sleep, avoid bingeing, have some days off the booze and eat something otherthan party snacks.
The Sun (2013)
Alcohol is fine for a treat, but not as a daily part of the diet and binge drinking is a no-no.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
binge
British English: binge NOUN
If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as eating, or spending money.
She went on a spending binge.
American English: binge
Brazilian Portuguese: farra
Chinese: 纵欲
European Spanish: juerga
French: excès
German: Sauftour {or} Fresstour
Italian: cosa fatta con eccesso per divertimento
Japanese: 暴飲暴食、浪費などをして度を越すこと
Korean: 흥청망청하기
European Portuguese: consumo excessivo
Latin American Spanish: juerga
British English: binge VERB
If you binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
I haven't binged in a long time.
American English: binge
Brazilian Portuguese: farrear
Chinese: 放纵
European Spanish: salir de juerga
French: faire des excès
German: auf eine Sauftour {or} Fresstour gehen
Italian: darsi a fondo a un piacere
Japanese: 暴飲暴食、浪費など度を越して何かをする
Korean: 흥청망청하다
European Portuguese: consumir excessivamente
Latin American Spanish: salir de juerga
Chinese translation of 'binge'
binge
(bɪndʒ) (inf)
n
to go on a binge狂欢(歡)作乐(樂) (kuánghuān zuòlè)
vi
to binge on chocolate/whisky无(無)节(節)制地吃巧克力/喝威士忌酒 (wú jiézhì de chī qiǎokèlì/hē wēishìjìjiǔ)
(noun)
Definition
a bout of excessive eating or drinking
(informal)
She went on occasional drinking binges.
Synonyms
bout
I was suffering with a bout of nerves.
session (informal)
We had a bit of a session one night.
spell
There has been a spell of dry weather.
fling
the last fling before you take up a job
feast
stint
spree
They attacked two London shops after a drinking spree.
orgy
He blew the money in a six-month orgy of spending.
bender (informal)
jag (slang)
beano (British, slang)
sesh (slang)
blind (slang)
(verb)
I binged on pizzas and milkshakes.
Synonyms
overeat
Adequate fibre intake also helps you to stop snacking and overeating.
pig out (slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of fling
Definition
a short spell of self-indulgent enjoyment
the last fling before you take up a job
Synonyms
binge (informal),
good time,
bash,
bit of fun,
party,
rave (British, slang),
spree,
indulgence (informal),
beano (British, slang),
night on the town,
rave-up (British, slang),
night on the razzle (informal),
hooley or hoolie (Irish, New Zealand)
in the sense of jag
Definition
a period of uncontrolled indulgence in an activity
Synonyms
spree,
period,
fit,
spell,
bout,
binge (informal),
orgy,
carouse,
carousal
in the sense of orgy
Definition
an act of immoderate or frenzied indulgence
He blew the money in a six-month orgy of spending.