binge-watch

verb

ˈbinj-ˌwäch 

-ˌwȯch

binge-watched; binge-watching; binge-watches

transitive verb

: 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.

—Rana Foroohar

Examples of binge-watch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because, of course, Phil Steele doesn’t have time to binge-watch some Netflix or Hulu nonsense. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Whether that’s an entire block of tofu or an evening binge-watching Off Campus. — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Over the course of eight episodes, all of which are available to binge-watch August 5, Annie navigates grief, first love, and betrayal while summering on the pristine lakes of Muskoka, an isolated wilderness north of Toronto. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026

White Lines was the first big breakthrough moment, propelled by our collective binge-watching habits at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. — Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for binge-watch

• butterscotch
• boche
• botch
• brough
• crotch
• gotch
• notch
• rotch
• scotch
• swatch
• watch
• hopscotch

Kids Definition

binge-watch

verb

: to watch many episodes of a program in rapid succession