noun / verb
binge
BINJ/bɪndʒ/
A period of indulging excessively in an activity or consumption.
The man continues his eating binge amid piles of empty takeout containers.
Etymology
Binge is traced to a dialect verb for soaking a wooden vessel so its wood swells and stops leaks. This became an image for heavy drinking, then broadened to other excessive indulgence.
In context
a binge of gambling and carousing and after hitting bottom as it were
More examples
- The shopping binge left him with a large bill.
- She regrets the late-night eating binge.
- He spent the evening bingeing on old detective films.
Forms
binge · binges · binged · bingeing · binging