BINGE
What does "BINGE" mean?
A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or watching.
Meanings
- A bout of unrestrained excess, especially in eating or drinking. After exams they went on a weekend binge of junk food.
- To indulge in an activity to excess in a short time. They binged the entire series in one sitting.
Word origin
First recorded in 19th-century English dialect meaning 'to soak (a wooden vessel) so it stops leaking'; the sense of soaking shifted to soaking up drink, then to any excess.
Remember it
BINGE sounds like 'hinge' - the door swings wide open and you don't stop. Or hear it: be-IN-it until you cringe.
A little poem
One more, you tell the dark, just one more song,
and dawn arrives to find the bottle dry-
the want still standing where the limit was.
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Wordplay
- Old barrels used to be soaked to stop them leaking - they called it 'bingeing'. Now we soak ourselves to forget we leak.
What it teaches
A binge fills the hour but not the hunger; excess is how a craving hides that it was never about the thing.
Quick facts
What does BINGE mean?
A period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially eating, drinking, or watching.
Is BINGE a valid word?
Yes — BINGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BINGE?
BINGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BINGE come from?
First recorded in 19th-century English dialect meaning 'to soak (a wooden vessel) so it stops leaking'; the sense of soaking shifted to soaking up drink, then to any excess.
What can BINGE teach us?
A binge fills the hour but not the hunger; excess is how a craving hides that it was never about the thing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.