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   binge

   /bɪndʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs: "he went on a binge and was in no shape to drive" Similar drinking boutdebauchbinge drinkingpredrinkinginformal:bendersessionseshbooze-upbeer-upsousedrunkblindskitejagtootgrog-onboozeroovulgar slang:piss-upliterary:bacchanalbacchanaliaarchaic:wassailfuddlepotationspreeunrestrained boutorgyinformal:splurge

   verb

   • 1. indulge in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs, to excess: "some see the whole weekend as a chance to binge"
   • ▪ watch multiple episodes of a television programme over a short period of time: "I've binged seasons one through seven in the past week"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from English dialect binge ‘to soak a wooden vessel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. binger noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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