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Dictionary: binge   (bĭnj) pronunciation
n.
  1. A drunken spree or revel.
    1. A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
    2. A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink: an eating binge.
intr.v., binged, bing·ing, or binge·ing, bing·es.
  1. To be immoderately self-indulgent and unrestrained: "The story is like a fever dream that a disturbed and imaginative city-dweller might have after binging on comics" (Lloyd Rose).
  2. To engage in excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink.

[From dialectal binge, to soak.]

binger bing'er n.

SYNONYMS   binge, fling, jag, orgy, spree. These nouns denote a period of uncontrolled self-indulgence: a gambling binge; had one last fling before beginning a new job; a crying jag; an eating orgy; a shopping spree.


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noun

  1. A drinking bout: brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree. Slang bat, bender, booze, jag, tear. See drugs/temperance, restraint/unrestraint.
  2. A period of uncontrolled self-indulgence: fling, orgy, rampage, spree. Slang jag. See restraint/unrestraint.

Antonyms: binge
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n

Definition: spree
Antonyms: saving


Wikipedia: Binge
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A binge is any behavior indulged to excess. It can refer to:

  • Binge drinking, drinking large amounts of alcohol over a short period of time
  • Drug binge, ingesting large amounts of drugs over a short period of time
  • Binge eating, eating large amounts of food over a short period of time
  • Binge Records, an indie rock record label
  • Ronald Binge, a British musical composer
  • "Binge" (Papa Roach song), from the 2000 album Infest

Translations: Binge
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - drikkegilde, drukgilde
v. intr. - drikke, svire

Nederlands (Dutch)
vreetbui, braspartij, brassen

Français (French)
n. - bringue (fam)
v. intr. - faire la bringue (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Prasserei, Zecherei
v. - prassen, saufen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξεφάντωμα, κραιπάλη
v. - το ρίχνω έξω

Italiano (Italian)
baldoria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - farra, bebedeira (f) (gír.)
v. - descontrolar, indulgir

Русский (Russian)
пьянка

Español (Spanish)
n. - juerga, parranda, borrachera
v. intr. - tener o ir de juerga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - supkalas, spritfest
v. - festa, rumla om

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
狂闹, 狂欢, 狂饮作乐, 浸在水中以防漏

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 狂鬧, 狂歡
v. intr. - 狂飲作樂, 浸在水中以防漏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 떠들 석한 술잔치, 혼란
v. intr. - 떠들 석 하다, 혼란하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - どんちゃん騒ぎ, 大騒ぎ, 気ままな行動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوبه سكر, حفله سمر (فعل) أكل و شرب بلا قيود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התהוללות, הילולה‬
v. intr. - ‮התהולל‬


 
 
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