binge-watch
verbEtymology From binge + watch.
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To watch multiple episodes of a television 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:
1 more example
- "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:
- Derived terms
- binge-watchable, binge-watcher