plural binges
1
: an unrestrained and often excessive indulgence
a buying/shopping binge
a weekend-long TV binge
especially
: an act of excessive or compulsive consumption (as of food or alcoholic beverages)
went on an eating/drinking binge
Meanwhile, the hangover cure pitches suggest that before every healthy New Year's resolution comes an unhealthy New Year's binge. —M. Carrie Allan
see also binge drinking, binge eating, binge-watch
2
: a social gathering : party
… fancy-dress binges have always been my dish.—P. G. Wodehouse
binged; bingeing or binging
: to go on a binge
bingeing on beer and pretzels
Anorexics eat hardly anything while bulimics binge on large amounts of food, then purge themselves with laxatives or by vomiting or other means.—Jon Marcus
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