Binge
/bɪndʒ/noun
A short period of time when you do too much of something, like eating or drinking.
He went on a binge and ate three pizzas by himself.
Often appears as...
- drink binge
- food binge
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Colloquial
verb
To do something too much or excessively in a short time, especially drinking or eating.
She binged on chocolate after breaking up with her boyfriend.
Often appears as...
- binge drink
- binge eat
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food, drink, or other activities.
He's suffering from binge eating disorder.
Often appears as...
- binge drinking
- binge eating
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
noun
A short period of time when you do too much of something, like eating or drinking.
He went on a binge and ate three pizzas by himself.
Often appears as...
- drink binge
- food binge
Usage tips
Colloquial
verb
To do something too much or excessively in a short time, especially drinking or eating.
She binged on chocolate after breaking up with her boyfriend.
Often appears as...
- binge drink
- binge eat
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food, drink, or other activities.
He's suffering from binge eating disorder.
Often appears as...
- binge drinking
- binge eating
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Required
Use 'binge' to describe intense and excessive activities.
He's been on a gaming binge for hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Binge' often suggests a lack of self-control and is usually viewed negatively.
Her shopping binge caused her financial trouble.
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Setting
Mostly used in casual, everyday conversation rather than formal contexts.
They're planning a movie binge this weekend.
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How to make applying for...
When we focus on the inherent characteristics that can make somebody a good fit for a job, we can transcend racism, classism, sexism, ageism -- even good schoolism. Our best technology and algorithms shouldn't just be used for helping us find our next movie binge or new favorite Justin Bieber song. Imagine if we could harness the power of technology
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How early life...
It will be harsh, and you'd better be anxious and be stressful, or it's going to be an easy world, and you have to be different. Is it going to be a world with a lot of light or little light? Is it going to be a world with a lot of food or little food? If there's no food around, you'd better develop your brain to binge whenever you see a meal,
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Why are eating disorders...
First, what is an eating disorder? Eating disorders are a range of psychiatric conditions characterized by these main patterns of restricting food intake, bingeing, or rapidly consuming large amounts of food, and purging or eliminating calories through vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise, and other harmful means.
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
because you get transported into a different world and immersed in a story. But bingeing is a temporary escape from languishing, not a cure. At best, it leaves you with a bunch of asymmetric relationships. You might love hanging out with your Chandler, Arya,
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
Well, you die, so your viral load goes to zero. And all of this green stuff here, including the spikes -- which are because you couldn't get to the pharmacy, or you ran out of drugs, or you went on a three day party binge and forgot to take your drugs,
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Robert A. Belle: The...
Analyzing my expenses helped me to understand that I had an emotional pattern where when I'm struggling or celebrating, I binge on chocolate. I had struggled with my weight for a very long time and I was convinced that my diet was not the problem.
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Rana el Kaliouby: This...
just like a great teacher would in a classroom. What if your wristwatch tracked your mood, or your car sensed that you're tired, or perhaps your fridge knows that you're stressed, so it auto-locks to prevent you from binge eating.
Video examples
Why dieting doesn't...
to overeating in response to advertising, super-sizing, and the all-you-can-eat buffet. And a small indulgence, like eating one scoop of ice cream, is more likely to lead to a food binge
Video examples
Izzy PIPE Hard Time
during a drunken binge Rolfe punches his wife pulls her to the floor and slices a deep cut in her neck all in front of his children he's convicted of attempted murder and
Video examples
Money Behind Bars PIPE...
Miller steals a car during a drunken binge is arrested and sentenced to four years for burglary now inside he's thrown himself into the life of a convict
Video examples
How to make applying for...
When we focus on the inherent characteristics that can make somebody a good fit for a job, we can transcend racism, classism, sexism, ageism -- even good schoolism. Our best technology and algorithms shouldn't just be used for helping us find our next movie binge or new favorite Justin Bieber song. Imagine if we could harness the power of technology
Video examples
How early life...
It will be harsh, and you'd better be anxious and be stressful, or it's going to be an easy world, and you have to be different. Is it going to be a world with a lot of light or little light? Is it going to be a world with a lot of food or little food? If there's no food around, you'd better develop your brain to binge whenever you see a meal,
Video examples
Why are eating disorders...
First, what is an eating disorder? Eating disorders are a range of psychiatric conditions characterized by these main patterns of restricting food intake, bingeing, or rapidly consuming large amounts of food, and purging or eliminating calories through vomiting, laxatives, excessive exercise, and other harmful means.
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
because you get transported into a different world and immersed in a story. But bingeing is a temporary escape from languishing, not a cure. At best, it leaves you with a bunch of asymmetric relationships. You might love hanging out with your Chandler, Arya,
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
Well, you die, so your viral load goes to zero. And all of this green stuff here, including the spikes -- which are because you couldn't get to the pharmacy, or you ran out of drugs, or you went on a three day party binge and forgot to take your drugs,
Video examples
Robert A. Belle: The...
Analyzing my expenses helped me to understand that I had an emotional pattern where when I'm struggling or celebrating, I binge on chocolate. I had struggled with my weight for a very long time and I was convinced that my diet was not the problem.
Video examples
Rana el Kaliouby: This...
just like a great teacher would in a classroom. What if your wristwatch tracked your mood, or your car sensed that you're tired, or perhaps your fridge knows that you're stressed, so it auto-locks to prevent you from binge eating.
Video examples
Why dieting doesn't...
to overeating in response to advertising, super-sizing, and the all-you-can-eat buffet. And a small indulgence, like eating one scoop of ice cream, is more likely to lead to a food binge
Video examples
Izzy PIPE Hard Time
during a drunken binge Rolfe punches his wife pulls her to the floor and slices a deep cut in her neck all in front of his children he's convicted of attempted murder and
Video examples
Money Behind Bars PIPE...
Miller steals a car during a drunken binge is arrested and sentenced to four years for burglary now inside he's thrown himself into the life of a convict
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Quote examples
Kelly Evans
American Journalist
China has been on a historic commodities binge as it doubled the size of its economy in recent years to become one of the world's largest. Even so, those fundamentals begat - as they have so often throughout human history - a feeding frenzy.
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Alia Shawkat
American Actress
I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch. It's more entertaining for me to watch these characters fresh, after one episode, instead of waiting a whole week.
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Limmy
Scottish Comedian
I think I was an alcoholic. There are all these grey areas about what makes you an alcoholic - you can't cope without it, you stop caring about jobs and relationships, or you just binge.
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Jon Corzine
American Politician
We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.
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Peter Ueberroth
American Businessman
The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole that's getting deeper and deeper and deeper.
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Jessica St. Clair
American Actress
We're in this really different world of television where everybody is binge watching, and it almost doesn't matter where you're airing.
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Trisha Paytas
American Celebrity
I know I'm a binge eater and it sucks... but I am still motivated and I know mentally I feel better when I physically eat better.
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Suniel Shetty
Indian Actor
I do binge once a week. Otherwise, I keep strict control over my diet. Unlike others, I don't stop eating once I start.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Quote examples
Julia Child
American Chef
Life itself is the proper binge.
Quote examples
Kelly Evans
American Journalist
China has been on a historic commodities binge as it doubled the size of its economy in recent years to become one of the world's largest. Even so, those fundamentals begat - as they have so often throughout human history - a feeding frenzy.
Quote examples
Alia Shawkat
American Actress
I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch. It's more entertaining for me to watch these characters fresh, after one episode, instead of waiting a whole week.
Quote examples
Limmy
Scottish Comedian
I think I was an alcoholic. There are all these grey areas about what makes you an alcoholic - you can't cope without it, you stop caring about jobs and relationships, or you just binge.
Quote examples
Jon Corzine
American Politician
We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.
Quote examples
Peter Ueberroth
American Businessman
The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole that's getting deeper and deeper and deeper.
Quote examples
Jessica St. Clair
American Actress
We're in this really different world of television where everybody is binge watching, and it almost doesn't matter where you're airing.
Quote examples
Trisha Paytas
American Celebrity
I know I'm a binge eater and it sucks... but I am still motivated and I know mentally I feel better when I physically eat better.
Quote examples
Suniel Shetty
Indian Actor
I do binge once a week. Otherwise, I keep strict control over my diet. Unlike others, I don't stop eating once I start.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Quote examples
Julia Child
American Chef
Life itself is the proper binge.
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