BINGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binge mean? 

• BINGE (noun)
  The noun BINGE has 2 senses:

1. any act of immoderate indulgence

2. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

  Familiarity information: BINGE used as a noun is rare.

• BINGE (verb)
  The verb BINGE has 1 sense:

1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

  Familiarity information: BINGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any act of immoderate indulgence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

binge; orgy; splurge

Context example:

a splurge of spending

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

An occasion for excessive eating or drinking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

binge; bout; bust; tear

Context example:

they went on a bust that lasted three days

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)

• BINGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they binge    ... he / she / it binges   
Past simple: binged   
Past participle: binged   
-ing form: bingeing    / binging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

The kids binged on ice cream

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)

 Context examples 

The use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ("binge drinking") or as a regular practice.

(Alcohol Abuse, NCI Thesaurus)

These circuits, also implicated in binge drinking, are likely to be elements in understanding the detailed mechanisms driving stress-related alcohol- or drug-seeking and consummatory behaviors.

(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)

Binge drinking - drinking five or more drinks at one time - can damage your health and increase your risk for accidents, injuries and assault.

(Alcohol, NIH: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

In the current study, the researchers reported that participants who did not show the neuroflexibility response in the prefrontal cortex during stress had higher levels of self-reported binge drinking, anger outbursts, and other maladaptive coping behaviors.

(Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress, NIH)