binge-watch

verb

ˈbinj-ˌwäch How to pronounce binge-watch (audio)
-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

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Hoping for community and inspired by a binge-watch of The Office, she’s taken a job as an administrative assistant, only to discover everyone else is working remotely post-COVID. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025 Here, catch up on The Fourth Wall with PEOPLE by binge-watching all the episodes to date — and check out new episodes on Mondays and Thursdays, only in the app. Brendan Le, People.com, 15 May 2025 Takeout, flowers and a nice gift go well with a binge-watch, too. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 May 2025 Fans have just celebrated Star Wars Day, commemorating the franchise with social media posts, cosplays, parties, and binge-watching the original films and various spinoffs. True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for binge-watch

Word History

First Known Use

2003, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of binge-watch was in 2003

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“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

binge-watch

verb
: to watch many episodes of a program in rapid succession
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