binge

English

Etymology

From Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to soak”), of unknown origin. Compare dialectal English beene and beam (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪndʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

binge (plural binges)

1. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
2. (by extension) A short period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.

Synonyms

• (period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol): bender, jag, spree, toot, debauch

Derived terms

• bingeable
• binge eater
• binge eating
• bingeful
• binge-purge
• binger
• binge viewing
• binge-watchable
• binge watching
• binge-worthy
• postbinge

 

Translations

short period of excessive consumption, especially of alcohol

• Bulgarian: запой (bg) (zapoj)
• Dutch: zuippartij (nl)
• Finnish: ryyppääminen (fi), juopottelu (fi), kännääminen (fi) (of alcohol); ryyppyputki (of alcohol, several days in a row); mässäily (fi) (of food)
• German: Gelage (de) n, Trinkgelage (de) n, Saufgelage (de) n, Besäufnis (de) n (alcohol)
• Greek: κραιπάλη (el) f (kraipáli), ξεφάντωμα (el) n (xefántoma), μεθύσι (el) n (methýsi)
• Italian: bisboccia (it), sregolatezza (it) f, gozzoviglia (it) f
• Portuguese: compulsão (pt)

• Russian: пирушка (ru) (piruška), запой (ru) m (zapoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: daorach f
• Serbo-Croatian: пијанка f, pijanka (sh) f
• Spanish: atracón (es) m (general), comilona (es) (of food), botellón (es) m (of alcohol), francachela (es)
• Turkish: alem (tr), içki alemi, çilingir sofrası (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́пивка (výpyvka), п'я́нка (pʺjánka), пия́тика (pyjátyka)

short period of an activity done in excess

• Finnish: putki (fi)

• Spanish: atracón (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} žravost f
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} vreetbui (nl) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Fressattacke f

• Greek: ^{(please verify)} αδηφαγία (el) f (adifagía)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} abbuffata (it) f
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} compulsão alimentar f

Verb

binge (third-person singular simple present binges, present participle binging or bingeing, simple past and past participle binged)

1. To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.

Derived terms

• binge and purge

Translations

to engage in a short period of excessive consumption

• Finnish: (of alcohol) juopotella (fi), ryypätä (fi); (of food) ylensyödä (fi), ahmia (fi), mässätä, mässäillä (fi)
• Italian: abbuffarsi

• Russian: переедать (ru) (perejedatʹ), объедаться (ru) (obʺjedatʹsja)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 269

See also

• binge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bengi, begin, being, beïng

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Swedish

Noun

binge c

1. (partitioned off) storage area, container
2. (slang) bed
3. pile (of goods, usually grains)

Declension

Declension of binge
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	binge	bingen	bingar	bingarna
Genitive	binges	bingens	bingars	bingarnas