0 an occasion when an activity is done in an extreme way, especially eating, drinking, or spending money: --
1 to eat too much of something: --
2 an occasion when an activity is done in an extreme way, esp. eating, drinking, or spending money: --
He admits to having an occasional ice-cream binge.
3 to do something in a way that is extreme and not controlled: --
Even apart from his binges, he was profligate and generous with his money, so that he rarely enjoyed a prolonged period of security.
Patterns and correlates of binge drinking trajectories from early adolescence to young adulthood.
He would sometimes disappear for weeks at a time on alcoholic binges.
A recent study showed that 37% of undergraduates binged at least once in the past week.
The model further suggests that the particular symptom choice, binge-eating, is the result of social learning processes.
Cognitive therapy is aimed at changing the cognitions and behaviours that initiate or perpetuate a binge-vomit cycle.
Nevertheless, of the 38 subjects who did receive a clinical diagnosis of binge-eating disorder, 36 (94 %) were located in the ' overeaters ' clusters.
Risk factors for binge eating disorder : a community-based case-control study.