variants
or binging
as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry
a program designed to educate college students about the dangers of bingeing
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Recent Examples of bingeing
Most often, chairs are a tool for sedentary tasks, like working at a computer, eating dinner, or binging Netflix.
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Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Mar. 2026
The groundbreaking science underpinning this feature is that moving your body is good for you, and sitting on the couch all day bingeing Netflix and eating a box of microwaved Taquitos is not.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
Britpop music and binging prestige TV shows.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
In many ways, once that past was purged Kansas City has been binging on BIRGing ever since.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
Each story works; my fave is about an alcoholic country singer bingeing on a bad bottle of spirits.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
The price tag for bingeing 29 hot dogs dolled up with ketchup, mustard and relish and washed down with a Pepsi or Mountain Dew?
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Back at Focus Fest, Liam Newman, a North Hollywood sound engineer and Letterboxd user, came to the event after binging Lanthimos’ oeuvre and is looking forward to the director’s latest.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Mar. 2026
The groundbreaking science underpinning this feature is that moving your body is good for you, and sitting on the couch all day bingeing Netflix and eating a box of microwaved Taquitos is not.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026
Britpop music and binging prestige TV shows.
—Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
In many ways, once that past was purged Kansas City has been binging on BIRGing ever since.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
Each story works; my fave is about an alcoholic country singer bingeing on a bad bottle of spirits.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
The price tag for bingeing 29 hot dogs dolled up with ketchup, mustard and relish and washed down with a Pepsi or Mountain Dew?
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Back at Focus Fest, Liam Newman, a North Hollywood sound engineer and Letterboxd user, came to the event after binging Lanthimos’ oeuvre and is looking forward to the director’s latest.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bingeing
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However, hyponatremia, a condition that results from drinking too much water and effectively diluting the sodium content of your blood, can actually be far more dangerous.—
Brad Stulberg,
Outside,
26 Mar. 2026
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Binge drinking — defined as drinking five plus beverages in one sitting — drove the most liver disease deaths, with the greatest risk among those who engaged in binge drinking while living with type 2 diabetes or hypertension.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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Our friends converted their 400-person reception hall wedding into a spirited dance party at their home, with small groups of well-wishers, each small enough to fit into their bomb shelter, taking turns reveling.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bingeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bingeing. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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