noun
definition
A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.
definition
(by extension) A short period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show.
verb
definition
To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
Examples of binge in a Sentence
The rest of the afternoon is spent on a shopping binge.
If you have a binge and feel a disaster, don't beat yourself up.
He meets up with Bernard during a drunken binge.
This candid shot from 1977 captures Bonham in his prime jut three years before his untimely death from asphyxiation following an alcohol binge.
We can be temporarily incapacitated by drug overdose, mental illness, an alcoholic binge, treatable physical illness or injury.
I was getting desperate for work after a spending binge on the East Coast heading north from Sydney.
We also told how she nearly blacked out after smoking super-strength skunk cannabis in another drugs binge in Ibiza last month.
Binge drinking and drink driving are still serious issues but a little social drinking to boost those RDA's is the way to go.
To binge drink quot drawing its of electromagnetic waves.
People with bulimia nervosa crave food and binge eat, tho they are not emaciated.
Am I one of the few people who can binge without getting unruly?
Someone with bulimia will have a very chaotic eating pattern where they binge eat and then purge (get rid of their food).
There is a recurring pattern of binge eating, which may be followed by self-induced vomiting.
Bulimia is based on the premise of binge and purge.
They may also refuse to eat after a binge or exercise to the point of exhaustion trying to work the calories off.
A teen who is binge eating will eat a large amount of food in a short amount of time.
Binge eating can lead to health problems like high blood pressure and heart disease.
Of this amount, 2.3 million were considered heavy drinkers, while 7.2 million were classified as binge drinkers.
Girls who binge drink sometimes pass out and are unable to give consent to sexual activity, putting themselves at risk of sexual assault.
The majority of teens do not drink alcohol or binge drink, but it is still important to keep in mind that drinking can be a problem.
So, thankfully I got home early enough, due to my friends, to sleep off my drinking binge.
Although most bulimics vomit or use laxatives to purge food from the body, some people with this eating disorder will alternate binge eating with fasting or periods of excessive exercise.
While a person with bulimia will binge on large amounts of food, an anorexic will eat only a small amount of food.
Many binge drinkers may consume three or four alcoholic drinks an hour.
If someone has been drinking regularly for awhile, his or her tolerance may be much higher than someone that just occasionally binge drinks.
People are at risk when they drink large quantities of alcohol in a short amount of time, also known as binge drinking.
Binge drinking overwhelms the liver's capacity to process and remove alcohol from the bloodstream.
For young people, "social drinking" may not stop at one or two drinks and is likely to include binge drinking.
Binge and heavy drinking is an issue for children as young as 12 and 13.
In the survey, 1.3 percent of respondents in this age group reported being binge drinkers, while 0.2 percent admitted to heavy alcohol use.
By the ages of 16-17, 12.7 percent of respondents reported being binge drinkers, with 4.4 having crossed into heavy alcohol use.
The tabloid has dubbed the drug use as a "marathon cocaine binge."
The soul songstress and hubby Blake Fielder-Civil agreed to enter a facility following a three-day drug binge that hospitalized Winehouse on August 7, 2007.
Public service announcements in the campus newspaper and posters in dorm bathrooms detail the dangers of binge drinking and date rape drugs.
While party schools may be associated with binge drinking, there are plenty of reasons beyond alcohol that drive students to go to schools with an upbeat, party-friendly atmosphere.
Everyone suffers a failed night of sleep or a macaroni-and-cheese binge occasionally, but it's vital to make time for enough sleep, regular exercise, and healthy meals on a consistent basis.
The game starts with our hero, Conker the squirrel, binge drinking with his buddies at the bar.
Purging-The use of vomiting, diuretics, or laxatives to clear the stomach and intestines after a binge.
See also Binge eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa.
The highest prevalence of both binge and heavy drinking was for young adults aged 18 to 25, with the peak rate of both measures occurring at age 21.
The rate of binge drinking was 41.6 percent for young adults aged 18 to 25 and 47.8 percent at age 21.
Of all youths, 10.6 percent were binge drinkers, and 2.6 percent were heavy drinkers, similar to the 2002 numbers.
Bulimia nervosa-An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behavior, such as vomiting, misusing laxatives, or excessive exercise.
More than half of these (6.8 million) are considered binge drinkers who have five or more drinks on a single occasion.
Nearly 7.2 million (19.2%) were binge drinkers and 2.3 million (6.1%) were heavy drinkers.
Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by loss of control over eating behaviors.
Binge eating affects an equal numbers of females and males.
Although there are no good statistics on how many children suffer from the condition, an estimated 1 to 2 million Americans of all ages are binge eaters.
Other circumstances that may make a child or adolescent more likely to engage in binge eating include heredity and certain psychological affective disorders such as major depression.
During binge episodes, BED patients experience a definite loss of control over their eating.