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binge-watch en · VERB

Etymology

From binge + watch.

Meanings

  1. To watch multiple episodes or issues of a certain content, such as television or Internet programme, in a short period of time.
    • Thankfully, due to the power of BBC iPlayer, I was able to binge-watch the whole series of The Great British Sewing Bee last Sunday. 2013 March 10, Vishal Gaikwad, “Curry Corner”, in South Wales Echo:
    • "People come to shows, but not in the numbers we all hope for. We must give audiences a reason to tear away from the Internet and binge-watching Doctor Who." 2014 June, Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, “Joe Trainor Wants You…”, in Out & About Magazine, page 41:
    • "Oh, that was good, too," she [Hillary Clinton] said, describing a little self-consciously how she and her husband Bill "totally binge-watched" the first season of House of Cards. 2014 June 4, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, “Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother – and Possible Presidential Run”, in People:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
binge watch alternative lexicographic
bingewatch alternative lexicographic
binge-watched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
binge-watched Tense=Past lexicographic
binge-watches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
binge-watching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

binge-watcher · binge-watchable

Translations (16)

fr marathoner (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · sv maratontitta (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · cmn 刷劇 /刷剧 (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · fr écoute en rafale (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · pt maratonar (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · es maratonear (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · fr visionnage en rafale (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · es tragarse (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · es darse un atracón de (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · de komaglotzen (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · es ver en maratón (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · ca maratonejar (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · de bingewatchen (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · fr visionnement en rafale (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · fi ahmia (watch multiple episodes of a television programme) · fr visionner boulimiquement (watch multiple episodes of a television programme)