binge-watch
verb
ˈbinj-ˌwäch 
-ˌwȯch
binge-watched; binge-watching; binge-watches
: to watch many or all episodes of (a TV series) in rapid succession
Even those of us who have bundled TV and broadband-Internet subscriptions from telephone or cable companies increasingly use them to binge-watch Netflix shows like Orange Is the New Black on an iPad … rather than flip through 500 channels to find nothing on.—
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Local students could be picking up more hours at their part-time jobs, binge-watching their favorite TV show or jet-setting to a hot-spot spring break location (Florida, probably) about a month from now.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
For reality fans who skew more culinary, there is no better binge-watch than Top Chef, the series where chefs compete in several high-stakes cook-offs.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
His family chugged beers in celebration; the media ate up his tale of sleeping through his alarm the morning of his win, after staying up late to binge-watch the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine .
—Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Four spacious cabinets keep all your binge-watching essentials sorted, while cable management cut-outs keep the focus on your decor, not the array of cords.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2026
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
For reality fans who skew more culinary, there is no better binge-watch than Top Chef, the series where chefs compete in several high-stakes cook-offs.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
His family chugged beers in celebration; the media ate up his tale of sleeping through his alarm the morning of his win, after staying up late to binge-watch the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine .
—Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Four spacious cabinets keep all your binge-watching essentials sorted, while cable management cut-outs keep the focus on your decor, not the array of cords.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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