/ bɪndʒ; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
( informal ) a short period of time when sb does too much of a particular activity, especially eating or drinking alcohol :
to go on a binge
One of the symptoms is binge eating .
■ verb
( binge·ing or bin·ging , binged , binged ) [ v ] binge (on sth) to eat or drink too much, especially without being able to control yourself :
When she's depressed she binges on chocolate.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from English dialect binge to soak a wooden vessel.