splurge
pronunciation
How to pronounce splurge in British English:
UK [splɜːdʒ]
How to pronounce splurge in American English:
US [splɜːrdʒ]
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- Noun:
- an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
- any act of immoderate indulgence
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- Verb:
- indulge oneself
- be showy or ostentatious
Word Origin
- splurge (n.)
- 1828, "ostentatious display," American English, of uncertain origin; originally among the class of words considered characteristic of "Western" (i.e. Kentucky) dialect. Perhaps a blend of splash and surge. The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928.
- splurge (v.)
- "to make an ostentatious display, to put on a splurge" (in the older sense of the noun), by 1843, from splurge (n.). Thornton's "American Glossary" has an 1848 citation defining splurge (v.) as "to expatiate at large, to appeal to broad and general principles." Meaning "to spend extravagantly" is by 1934. Related: Splurged; splurging.
Example
- 1. That investment splurge means that infrastructure spending may have peaked already .
- 2. Another investment splurge won 't do china 's long-term growth prospects any good .
- 3. If you 're a coffee drinker , splurge in a programmable coffeemaker .
- 4. The splurge was spurred by unprecedented discounts offered by retailers after sluggish pre-christmas sales .
- 5. By his own calculations , his proposals would splurge an extra 20 billion over five years .