binge
verb
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.—
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Examples of binge in a Sentence
a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing
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The World Cup an event to binge watch starting with Thursday’s opening game.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
Instead of inserting full news archives into its app, Spotify has strategically focused on the kind of stories its target audience is already likely to binge, such as deep dives into music, pop culture, entertainment and tech.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Audiences had binged Tiger King in 2020, following the lead-up to Joe Exotic’s conviction for hiring someone to kill Carole Baskin, his competitor in the big cat world.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
Instead of inserting full news archives into its app, Spotify has strategically focused on the kind of stories its target audience is already likely to binge, such as deep dives into music, pop culture, entertainment and tech.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Audiences had binged Tiger King in 2020, following the lead-up to Joe Exotic’s conviction for hiring someone to kill Carole Baskin, his competitor in the big cat world.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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“Binge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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binge
1 of 2 noun
: an act of excessive or compulsive consumption especially of food or alcoholic beverages see also binge drinking, binge eating
binge
2 of 2 intransitive verb
binged; bingeing or binging
: to go on a binge
… as compared to males, females were more likely to have used alcohol in the past 30 days, but less likely to have binged …—Kathleen Ragsdale et al., Journal of Substance Use
Kathleen Ragsdale et al., Journal of Substance UseThe bulimic patient prefers to be alone when she binges, and she binges usually for between 15 minutes and a few hours.—L. K. George Hsu, Behavior Modification
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