Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence, especially in food or drink.
- intransitive verb To be immoderately self-indulgent and unrestrained, especially in food or drink.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a low obeisance; courtesy.
- To cringe; fawn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A short
period ofexcessive consumption , especially of excessivealcohol consumption. - noun A
rapid and excessive consumption offood . - verb To engage in a short
period ofexcessive consumption , especially of excessivealcohol consumption.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any act of immoderate indulgence
- noun an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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An aside: Going on a Miyazaki movie binge is good for your health.
MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!) 2010
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Overview: When news reports overflowed on the dangerous rise in binge drinking in young people, college campuses cracked down with zero-tolerance policies on both underage and legal drinking among students.
FH Boom Daily Digest - September,1 2009 (The Boomer Blog) 2009
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From the alt economics perspective that binge is doomed.
Matthew Yglesias » “Taking Money From One Place and Giving it To Another Place” 2010
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Consumer buying binge is over, spelling trouble for shopping malls.
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Overview: When news reports overflowed on the dangerous rise in binge drinking in young people, college campuses cracked down with zero-tolerance policies on both underage and legal drinking among students.
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• Is more likely to result in binge drinking than alcohol use among adults.
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Working with the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Duke University researchers report that 22% of men and 9% of women ages 50 to 64 engaged in binge drinking — five or more drinks at a time — within the past month of the survey.
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All three grades reported drops in binge drinking from 2004 to 2009.
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EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Duck Hunt goes on a heroin binge at level 100
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Duck Hunt goes on a heroin binge at level 100 2009
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The study found that 44 percent of the girls and 20 percent of the boys were either overweight, engaged in binge eating or had used extreme weight-control measures — such as purging or abusing laxatives, diet pills or diuretics.
Telofy commented on the word binge
“One hour, 23 minutes and 42 seconds ago, Olive Snook made two alarming discoveries. First, that in time of duress the Pie-Maker’s penchant for stress baking was matched only by the petite waitress’s predilection for stress binging. Second, . . .”
—Pushing Daisies episode Robbing Hood
December 28, 2009