splurge
verb/splɜːdʒ/
/splɜːrdʒ/
[transitive, intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they splurge | /splɜːdʒ/ /splɜːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it splurges | /ˈsplɜːdʒɪz/ /ˈsplɜːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple splurged | /splɜːdʒd/ /splɜːrdʒd/ |
| past participle splurged | /splɜːdʒd/ /splɜːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form splurging | /ˈsplɜːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsplɜːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- splurge (something) (out) (on something) to spend a lot of money on something that you do not really need
- He splurged his whole week’s wages on a champagne dinner.
- She splurged out more than she could afford on loads of new clothes.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US): probably imitative.
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