as in drinking
to take part in drunken revelry
spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night
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Staying active, meditating, drinking plenty of water and getting a full night’s sleep.—
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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.—
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Britpop music and binging prestige TV shows.—
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“Birling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birling. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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