binge

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  1. noun A drunken spree or revel.
  2. noun A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
  3. noun A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink: an eating binge.

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nervosa ·  spree ·  bender ·  escapism ·  revelers ·  addiction ·  jaunt

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binge:   binges
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From dialectal binge, to soak.

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  1. Scots, also beenge, beenje, apparently formed by fusing bend and cringe.
 

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/bɪndʒ/
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