binge
pronunciation
How to pronounce binge in British English:
UK [bɪndʒ]
How to pronounce binge in American English:
US [bɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- any act of immoderate indulgence
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
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- Verb:
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Word Origin
- binge (n.)
- 1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge "soak" (a wooden vessel). Noted originally as a Northampton dialect word. Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking. Related: Binged; binging.
Example
- 1. Last week the chinese authorities instructed banks to halt lending temporarily after a credit binge at the start of the year .
- 2. Earlier this year david cameron announced a crackdown on binge drinking .
- 3. If you are pulling in millions , even a monthly consumer binge leaves plenty to plow into savings .
- 4. After years of strong growth fuelled by its own buying binge , citigroup has not yet learned to grow on its own .
- 5. The world 's workshop has also grown far too dependent on a us and european spending binge that is now over .