📺 To watch nonstop 📺 A TV marathon

binge-watch

3.5

A long session of watching many TV episodes in one sitting

noun
/ˈbɪndʒˌwɑtʃ/

Texting

: maratón de series

During the weekend, we decided to have a binge-watch of our favorite show, finishing an entire season in one sitting.

Examples

Then I'll just, you know, kind of binge watch a bunch of movies that apply and I'll just write.
And they're great and like could binge watch those all day, those in the Christmas movies.
We went back and we started with I think season I I did some research on like if we're going to binge watch, but like skip the the most boring ones.
After a long week, I love to binge-watch a series with my friends, often staying up late to see how it ends.
She spent her Saturday binge-watching a new drama series, excited to find out what happens next.

Synonyms

series binge

vsbinge-watch

Informal

4.0

A long time spent watching many episodes of a TV show in one sitting

emphasizes rapid succession and quick viewing of episodes

How Long

binge-watch

Texting

3.5

series binge

Informal

4.0

Surface Forms

binge-watch singular

binge-watches plural

Morphology

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

The noun is a straightforward compound naming an episode of excessive watching; the parts directly yield the meaning.

Etymology

Binge-watch as a noun uses the same parts: binge, from 'doing something too much', and watch, meaning 'look at a show', so it names a long session of watching many episodes. So a binge-watch is a period when you watch several episodes in a row.