binge
noun
[ bɪn(d)ʒ ]
• a period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs.
• "he went on a binge and was in no shape to drive"
Similar:
drinking bout,
debauch,
binge drinking,
predrinking,
bender,
session,
sesh,
booze-up,
beer-up,
souse,
drunk,
blind,
skite,
jag,
toot,
grog-on,
boozeroo,
bacchanal,
bacchanalia,
wassail,
fuddle,
potation,
spree,
unrestrained bout,
orgy,
splurge,
piss-up,
binge
verb
• indulge in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or taking drugs, to excess.
• "some see the whole weekend as a chance to binge"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from English dialect binge ‘to soak a wooden vessel’.
