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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Solitaire couldn’t compete with the dopamine hits of doom-scrolling social media or binge-watching Breaking Bad for the third time.
—Ariana Torrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
In my library in Queens, NY, kindergarteners through second graders clamor for Green Eggs and Ham after binge-watching the 2019 Netflix series of the same title (and all the Grinch and Lorax movies too).
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
The 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) series premieres on Monday, Aug. 4, on Hulu, while all 10 episodes will be available to binge-watch on day one.
Season 14 of King of the Hill follows the Hill Family returning back home to Texas after years away in Saudi Arabia.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
My teenagers coped their way—sleeping late, scrolling phones, binge-watching trashy reality shows.
—Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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Ariana Torrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
In my library in Queens, NY, kindergarteners through second graders clamor for Green Eggs and Ham after binge-watching the 2019 Netflix series of the same title (and all the Grinch and Lorax movies too).
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
The 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) series premieres on Monday, Aug. 4, on Hulu, while all 10 episodes will be available to binge-watch on day one.
Season 14 of King of the Hill follows the Hill Family returning back home to Texas after years away in Saudi Arabia.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
My teenagers coped their way—sleeping late, scrolling phones, binge-watching trashy reality shows.
—Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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