\ ˈbinj-ˌwäch
, -ˌwȯch \
, -ˌwȯch \
binge-watched; binge-watching; binge-watches
Definition of binge-watch
: 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
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“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 25 May. 2022.
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