binge

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to soak”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal English beene and beam (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /bɪnd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

NounEdit

binge (plural binges)

A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
(by extension) A compressed period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.

SynonymsEdit

(period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol): bender, jag, spree, toot, debauch

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol

Bulgarian: запой (bg) (zapoj)
Catalan: gresca (ca) f, afartament
Dutch: zuippartij (nl)
Finnish: ryyppääminen (fi), juopottelu (fi), kännääminen (fi) (of alcohol); ryyppyputki (of alcohol, several days in a row); mässäily (fi) (of food)
Galician: bebedela (gl) f
German: Gelage (de) n, Trinkgelage (de) n, Saufgelage (de) n, Besäufnis (de) n (alcohol)
Greek: κραιπάλη (el) f (kraipáli)
Italian: bisboccia (it), sregolatezza (it) f, gozzoviglia (it) f
Portuguese: compulsão (pt)
Romanian: chef (ro) n, chiolhan (ro) n
Russian: пирушка (ru) (piruška), запой (ru) m (zapoj)
Scottish Gaelic: daorach f
Serbo-Croatian: пијанка f, pijanka (sh) f
Spanish: atracón (es) m (general), comilona (es) (of food), botellón (es) m (of alcohol), francachela (es)
Turkish: alem (tr), içki alemi, çilingir sofrası (tr)
Ukrainian: ви́пивка (výpyvka), п'я́нка (pʺjánka), пия́тика (pyjátyka)

short period of an activity done in excess

Catalan: afartament m
Finnish: putki (fi)
Spanish: atracón (es) m

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Czech: ^{(please verify)} žravost f
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} vreetbui (nl) f
German: ^{(please verify)} Fressattacke f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} abbuffata (it) f
Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} compulsão alimentar f

VerbEdit

binge (third-person singular simple present binges, present participle binging or bingeing, simple past and past participle binged)

To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
I binged on ice cream.
- 2017 January 12, Arwa Mahdawi, “Generation treat yo' self: the problem with 'self-care'”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  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.