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BINGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occasion for excessive eating or drinking

Example:

they went on a bust that lasted three days

Synonyms:

binge; bout; bust; tear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("binge" is a kind of...):

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binge"):

piss-up (vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking)

Derivation:

binge (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any act of immoderate indulgence

Example:

a splurge of spending

Synonyms:

binge; orgy; splurge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("binge" is a kind of...):

humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example:

The kids binged on ice cream

Synonyms:

binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "binge" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

binge (an occasion for excessive eating or drinking)

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