From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbingebinge1 /bɪndʒ/ noun [countable] informalDFDRUNK a short period when you do too much of something, such as eating or drinking a drinking binge a week-long binge of shoppingon a binge Ken’s gone on a binge with his mates.
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binge• The shocking stills above are from the 1992 film and show the Ally McBeal star making herself sick after a binge.• The decline came in part from a buying binge by customers in 1994 as they tried to beat 1995 price increases.• If I took any of this particularly seriously I would risk suffering from nutritional whiplash, pursuing health in precisely contradictory binges.• an ice-cream binge• Self pity set in and so did eating binges.• This, in turn, makes binge eating more likely.• Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges, followed by self-induced purging or vomiting.• Fueling up can decrease errors, increase productivity, improve your mood and prevent binge eating later on.• Neither the divorce nor the binge was a surprise to Margarett.on a binge• The fight sent Alexander off on a drinking binge.bingebinge2 verb [intransitive] informalDFMI to do too much of something, such as eating or drinking, in a short period of timebinge on Whenever she’s depressed, she binges on chocolates.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
binge• My flatmate moved out a month ago, and in that month I've used it as an excuse to binge.• Right from the beginning the dieter should be learning to eat according to internal hunger cues and not to binge.• Suppression of feelings such as anger, disappointment, grief, anxiety, or even excitement, can lead them to binge.• I would binge and vomit or just not eat at all.• A crash diet will leave you hungry, you will binge and you will not get anywhere.• I don't need to binge any more - I can have plenty to eat at mealtimes.• Bread will stop you feeling hungry, and lessen the temptation to binge on high-fat, high-calorie foods.Origin binge1 (1800-1900) English dialect binge “to make completely wet” 