binge-watch

English

Alternative forms

• binge watch, bingewatch

Etymology

From binge +‎ watch.

Verb

binge-watch (third-person singular simple present binge-watches, present participle binge-watching, simple past and past participle binge-watched)

1. To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in a short period of time.
   • 2013 March 10, Vishal Gaikwad, “Curry Corner”, in South Wales Echo:

     Thankfully, due to the power of BBC iPlayer, I was able to binge-watch the whole series of The Great British Sewing Bee last Sunday.

   • 2014 June, Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, “Joe Trainor Wants You…”, in Out & About Magazine, page 41:

     "People come to shows, but not in the numbers we all hope for. We must give audiences a reason to tear away from the Internet and binge-watching Doctor Who."

   • 2014 June 4, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, “Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother – and Possible Presidential Run”, in People:

     "Oh, that was good, too," she [Hillary Clinton] said, describing a little self-consciously how she and her husband Bill "totally binge-watched" the first season of House of Cards.

Derived terms

• binge-watchable
• binge-watcher

Translations

watch multiple episodes of a television programme

• Catalan: maratonejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刷劇／刷剧 (shuājù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ahmia (fi)
• French: visionner boulimiquement, visionnage en rafale, visionnement en rafale, écoute en rafale (Quebec), marathoner (fr)
• German: bingewatchen (de), komaglotzen (de)
• Portuguese: maratonar (pt)
• Spanish: maratonear, darse un atracón de, tragarse (es), ver en maratón
• Swedish: maratontitta