Meanings
plural binges
- broadlyA compressed period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.
present singular third person binges · participle present bingeing · participle present binging · participle past binged · past binged
- intransitiveoftentransitivewith onTo engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption.
I binged on ice cream.
4 more examples
She'll binge an entire series on the weekend.
I'm totally happy to binge when I'm not busy.
It’s nice to think that our bubble baths and personal time might have a larger political purpose (“Um, Foucault! I’m not just bingeing Netflix – I’m engaging in Platonic political philosophy in order to better serve others!”), but more often than not, our acts of self-care are simply acts of privilege.
2017 January 12, Arwa Mahdawi, “Generation treat yo' self: the problem with 'self-care'”, in The Guardian([Jesse] Armstrong, by his own admission, binged episodes of the All-In podcast, which features prominent investors and Trump’s AI/crypto czar David Sacks.)
2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
verbovereat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*bangijan“to press”
- Old English*benġan
- Middle English*bengen
- Englishbinge
From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to drink deeply", also "to soak, steep, drench", specifically "to swell a leaky wooden vessel by filling it with or plunging it into water”), of unknown origin. Possibly inherited from Middle English *bengen, from Old English *benġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bangijan (“to press”), possibly related to *bangōn (“to bang”) and thus potentially cognate with Bavarian aufbenga (“to raise for processing”), Middle Low German bengen (“to evacuate, to force birth”, German Low German bängen, bengen, bingen), and possibly Middle Scots beynge, bynge (“to cringe”, Scots beenge), though the last could be a blend of bow (“to bow”) + crenge (“to cringe”). However, compare dialectal English beam and Scots beam, beene (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”), though these could be specialised developments of Old English bēam (“wood”), with variants in /n/ being due to influence from this word or assimilation before syncopated forms of the past tense suffix.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
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Bulgarian запой
- запой (zapoj)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Catalan gresca, afartament
- grescashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- afartamentshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- empatxshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- afartamentshort period of an activity done in excess
- empatxshort period of an activity done in excess
Czech nalít se, nacpat se
- nalít seto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- nacpat seto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Dutch zuippartij, binge
- zuippartijshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- bingeshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- bingeshort period of an activity done in excess
- bingento engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Esperanto drinki
- drinkito engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Finnish ryyppääminen, juopottelu
- ryyppääminenshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- juopottelushort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- kännääminenshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- ryyppyputkishort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- mässäilyshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- putkishort period of an activity done in excess
- juopotellato engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- ryypätäto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- ylensyödäto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- ahmiato engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- mässätäto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- mässäilläto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
German Gelage, Trinkgelage
- Gelageshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- Trinkgelageshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- Saufgelageshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- Besäufnisshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Greek κραιπάλη
- κραιπάλη (kraipáli)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Italian bisboccia, sregolatezza
- bisbocciashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- sregolatezzashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- gozzovigliashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- abbuffarsito engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Portuguese compulsão
- compulsãoshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Romanian chef, chiolhan
- chefshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- chiolhanshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Russian пиру́шка, запо́й
- пиру́шка (pirúška)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- запо́й (zapój)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- переедать (perejedatʹ)to engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- объедаться (obʺjedatʹsja)to engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Scottish Gaelic daorach
- daorachshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Spanish atracón, comilona
- atracónshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- comilonashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- botellónshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- francachelashort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- atragantamientoshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- atracónshort period of an activity done in excess
- enviciadashort period of an activity done in excess
- enviciamientoshort period of an activity done in excess
- atracarseto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- atragantarto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- ponerse ato engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- dársele porto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
- enviciarse conto engage in a short period of excessive consumption
Turkish alem, içki alemi
- alemshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- içki alemishort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- çilingir sofrasıshort period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
Ukrainian ви́пивка, п'я́нка
- ви́пивка (výpyvka)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- п'я́нка (pʺjánka)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
- пия́тика (pyjátyka)short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol
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binge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binge
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