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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The continuum of problem drinking There aren’t just two types of drinkers –– those who have a problem and those who don’t have to worry about it, Dick said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
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But generally, fewer people are seeking out these whales, so fewer are being made, partly because people are not drinking as many high-octane, high alcohol beers.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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In many ways, once that past was purged Kansas City has been binging on BIRGing ever since.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Dec. 2025
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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
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“Birling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birling. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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