binge

/bɪndʒ/

/bɪndʒ/

Other forms: binges; bingeing; binging; binged

A binge is a brief period of doing something excessively. You might celebrate your birthday by indulging in a banana cream pie binge if that's your very favorite dessert.

Binge rhymes with fringe. If you give in to your urges and really indulge yourself, you binge on something, whether it's candy, video games, or shopping. There's an implied sense in the word binge that you're doing too much of something that isn't very good for you in the first place. Binge is also a verb, as in people who binge on television, watching show after show.

Definitions of binge

1. verb

   overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
   “The kids binged on ice cream”

   synonyms: englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

   type of:

   eat

   eat a meal; take a meal
2. noun

   an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
   synonyms: bout, bust, tear

   types:

   piss-up

   vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking

   type of:

   revel, revelry

   unrestrained merrymaking
3. noun

   any act of immoderate indulgence
   “an emotional binge”

   synonyms: orgy, splurge

   type of:

   humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering

   the act of indulging or gratifying a desire