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binge 

Pronunciation: /bɪn(d)ʒ/ 

informal

NOUN

A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially drinking alcohol or eating:he went on a binge and was in no shape to drive
:  a social gathering :  party

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VERB (binges, bingeing or binging, binged)

[NO OBJECT]

Indulge in an activity, especially eating, to excess: 1976she binged on ice cream

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binger

NOUN

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Origin

Mid 19th century: from English dialect binge 'to soak a wooden vessel'.

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• Binge drinking is generally thought of as a modern problem, but the word binge has been around since at least the 1850s. It was originally a dialect term in the English Midlands, first meaning ‘to wash or soak’, which was taken up by boozy students at Oxford University.