binge

binge
I. noun Etymology: English dialect binge (to drink heavily) Date: 1854 1. a. a drunken revel ; spree b. an unrestrained and often excessive indulgence <
a buying binge
>
c. an act of excessive or compulsive consumption (as of food) 2. a social gathering ; party II. intransitive verb (binged; bingeing or binging) Date: 1910 to go on a binge • binger noun

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