BINGE


Meaning of BINGE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

binge drinking

Binge drinking is an increasing problem among young people.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

go

We discover Athenian women going on a three-day binge every autumn, gleefully burying models of male genitalia.

The Yankees went on a building binge that was never completed.

When you stop a diet is it because you plan to, or do you go suddenly into a binge ?

Back in Atsugi he went on a movie binge .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an ice-cream binge

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Fueling up can decrease errors, increase productivity, improve your mood and prevent binge eating later on.

If I took any of this particularly seriously I would risk suffering from nutritional whiplash, pursuing health in precisely contradictory binges.

Neither the divorce nor the binge was a surprise to Margarett.

Self pity set in and so did eating binges.

Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges, followed by self-induced purging or vomiting.

The decline came in part from a buying binge by customers in 1994 as they tried to beat 1995 price increases.

The shocking stills above are from the 1992 film and show the Ally McBeal star making herself sick after a binge .

This, in turn, makes binge eating more likely.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A crash diet will leave you hungry, you will binge and you will not get anywhere.

Bread will stop you feeling hungry, and lessen the temptation to binge on high-fat, high-calorie foods.

I don't need to binge any more - I can have plenty to eat at mealtimes.

I would binge and vomit or just not eat at all.

My flatmate moved out a month ago, and in that month I've used it as an excuse to binge .

Right from the beginning the dieter should be learning to eat according to internal hunger cues and not to binge .

Suppression of feelings such as anger, disappointment, grief, anxiety, or even excitement, can lead them to binge .

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