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
Arroyo spent the weekend binging for the Louisville Bats, going 11-for-19 with three homers and nine RBIs.
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Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Aniello and Downs became obsessed during the pandemic, bingeing season after season as their passion grew.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
While the details of the threat facing humanity are new to this story, moviegoers are used to bingeing on popcorn while watching a heroic quest to save the Earth from certain doom.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Most often, chairs are a tool for sedentary tasks, like working at a computer, eating dinner, or binging Netflix.
—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
Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Aniello and Downs became obsessed during the pandemic, bingeing season after season as their passion grew.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
While the details of the threat facing humanity are new to this story, moviegoers are used to bingeing on popcorn while watching a heroic quest to save the Earth from certain doom.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Most often, chairs are a tool for sedentary tasks, like working at a computer, eating dinner, or binging Netflix.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bingeing
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The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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She was killed when Hoang and a group of friends went out drinking and decided to rob homes in the Port Arthur area, the agency said.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 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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Nebraska fans with seats around the tunnel spotted them, because thousands of Nebraska fans were still in their seats, reveling, the music still thumping in the arena, as if some kind of encore would be happening.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 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 20 May. 2026.
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