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

Recent Examples on the Web Four years ago, as a deadly virus began to upend the world, Jessica Jacobs was at home in Los Angeles, in a wooded canyon that has long attracted bohemian types, and like many Americans was binge-watching true crime documentaries on Netflix. Tim Arango, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024 After binge-watching some of my favorite films recently, I was inspired to chop several inches off my hair to get the same layered look. Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2024 Filled with intense action sequences and wild plot twists delivered at a relentless pace, Bodyguard is best appreciated as a six-hour nail-biting binge-watch. Danny Horn, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2024 But that's a testament to just how well the S4 writers turned the tables on their antihero to create another delightfully compulsive binge-watch. Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023 Jason Priestley's daughter has a new TV show to binge-watch. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024 Some of the most prominent examples included binge-watching staples like Friends, which Warner Bros. Discovery took to Max; and The Office, which returned to NBCUniversal’s Peacock. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2024 You’re bound to miss your new favorite binge-watch. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2023 By then, the city will be fully booked, leaving you stuck choosing between crashing a random house party or another night of binge-watching The Real Housewives with your cats (which, frankly, sounds tempting). Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023

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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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Cite this Entry

“Binge-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binge-watch. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

binge-watch

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