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binge-watch

binge-watch verb: to watch multiple episodes or issues of a certain content, such as television or Internet programme, in a short period of time.

Verb

binge-watch (third-person singular simple present binge-watches, present participle binge-watching, simple past and past participle binge-watched)

  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

Forms of binge-watch

third-person singular presentbinge-watches
present participlebinge-watching
past participlebinge-watched
pastbinge-watched
alternative formbinge watch
alternative formbingewatch

Origin of binge-watch

From binge + watch.

Words formed from binge-watch

Questions about binge-watch

What does binge-watch mean?
Binge-watch means to watch multiple episodes or issues of a certain content, such as television or Internet programme, in a short period of time.
What part of speech is binge-watch?
Binge-watch is a verb.
What is the past tense of binge-watch?
The past tense of binge-watch is binge-watched.

Words near binge-watch in the dictionary

  1. binge-play
  2. binge-played
  3. binge-playing
  4. binge-plays
  5. binge-purge
  6. binge-watch
  7. binge-watchable
  8. binge-watched
  9. binge-watcher
  10. binge-watchers
  11. binge-watches

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