Meanings
present singular third person binge-watches · participle present binge-watching · participle past binge-watched · past binge-watched · alternative binge watch · alternative bingewatch
- To watch multiple episodes or issues of a certain content, such as television or Internet programme, in a short period of time.
Thankfully, due to the power of BBC iPlayer, I was able to binge-watch the whole series of The Great British Sewing Bee last Sunday.
2013 March 10, Vishal Gaikwad, “Curry Corner”, in South Wales Echo2 more examples
"People come to shows, but not in the numbers we all hope for. We must give audiences a reason to tear away from the Internet and binge-watching Doctor Who."
2014 June, Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, “Joe Trainor Wants You…”, in Out & About Magazine, page 41"Oh, that was good, too," she [Hillary Clinton] said, describing a little self-consciously how she and her husband Bill "totally binge-watched" the first season of House of Cards.
2014 June 4, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, “Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother – and Possible Presidential Run”, in People
Origin
Translations
Catalan maratonejar
- maratonejarwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
Chinese Mandarin 刷劇 /刷剧
- 刷劇 /刷剧 (shuājù)watch multiple episodes of a television programme
Finnish ahmia
- ahmiawatch multiple episodes of a television programme
French visionner boulimiquement, visionnage en rafale
- visionner boulimiquementwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- visionnage en rafalewatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- visionnement en rafalewatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- écoute en rafalewatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- marathonerwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
German bingewatchen, komaglotzen
- bingewatchenwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- komaglotzenwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
Portuguese maratonar
- maratonarwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
Spanish maratonear, darse un atracón de
- maratonearwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- darse un atracón dewatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- tragarsewatch multiple episodes of a television programme
- ver en maratónwatch multiple episodes of a television programme
Swedish maratontitta
- maratontittawatch multiple episodes of a television programme
Cite this entry
binge-watch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binge-watch
“binge-watch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binge-watch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “binge-watch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binge-watch.
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