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to binge-watch

to binge-watch

6 3.9
To watch many TV episodes in one sitting
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈbɪndʒˌwɑtʃ/
  • Texting
translation icon : ver en maratón
  • On rainy days, I love to binge-watch episodes of classic sitcoms.
  • binge-watching shows
  • binge-watch a season
  • binge-watching episodes

You know, what are the keys to making audiences binge watch a Netflix series?

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Examples

  • And while you wait out the storm, why not binge watch some old Hot Ones?

  • Last weekend, I decided to binge-watch my favorite series from start to finish.

  • But yeah, this is what we use to, you know, binge watch stuff before going to bed, maybe catch a quick movie.

  • I say we go back to my place and maybe binge-watch some TV?

  • If you look at Netflix, for example, in our house, my husband and I binge watch House of Cards.

  • Tonight, I'm binge-watching A Star is Born.

  • And nowadays people, you know, binge watch Netflix.

  • In today's world, we binge watch everything that we want.

  • You know, what are the keys to making audiences binge watch a Netflix series?

  • I binge-watched seasons one and two of Downton Abbey last year, and now I can't believe I have to wait seven days before seeing the next episode.

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Synonyms

to binge
vsto binge-watch
12 4.5

To do something like eating, drinking, or watching a lot in a short time

is limited to watching many episodes in one sitting rather than any activity
to binch
vsto binge-watch
  • Slang
9.9

To watch many episodes of a television series or several movies in one sitting

is the neutral, standard term used instead of informal slang

How Long

to marathon
1 4.4
to binge-watch
  • Texting
6 3.9
to watch
1.0
to glance
299 1.5

Surface Forms

binge-watch infinitive
binge-watched past participle
binge-watching present participle
binge-watches third person singular

Morphology

binge-watch = binge + watch (transparent) = binge + watch

Meaning is directly derived from 'binge' (to indulge excessively) + 'watch' (to view): 'to watch many episodes in an excessive/continuous session.'

Etymology

Binge-watch puts together binge, a word used in 'binge-eating' for 'doing something too much', and watch, so it gives the image of 'eating' TV episodes one after another. So to binge-watch means to watch many episodes in one sitting without stopping.