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splurge Definition

splurge (splʉrj)

noun

  1. any very showy display or effort
  2. a spell of extravagant spending

Etymology: echoic blend of spl(ash) + (s)urge

intransitive verb splurged, splurg·ing

  1. to make a splurge; show off
  2. to spend money extravagantly

splurge Related Forms

splurger noun

splurge* Synonyms

splurge*

v.

spend lavishly, go all out, be extravagant; see celebrate 1, 3.

splurge Usage Examples

Object

money: Kidnapping the rich businessman who they had seen splurging money in a dance bar seemed like the best plan.

Converse of object

have: I keep hoping the boys and S will use up some more beads so I can have a splurge.

Adjective modifier

  • occasional: You should become less obsessed about or even frightened of the occasional splurge.
  • necessary: For some, the dress is a necessary splurge while others focus their money into creating a memorable dining and entertainment experience.
  • great: Margaret and I got married at last, and her parents gave us a great splurge at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford.
  • big: I will not be trying to recap the last few months in a big splurge.
  • sudden: SEO's in overdrive A sudden splurge in the telesales merchants promising the earth.. .
  • initial: Out of this initial splurge of spontaneous organizing arose the FWCUI.

Modifies a noun

gun: Had they been filled with their intended beverage, they would have been a hundred times more lethal than any splurge gun.

Modifying Another Word

  • n't: Milan and Madrid maybe but they still have to have the odd year where they do n't splurge.
  • never: But he never splurges - the control comes from his hard-won mastery of forms.

Noun used with modifier

  • spending: Be that as it may Abramovich made huge funds available for new players; a spending splurge which exceeded £ 100 million.
  • shopping: The Pakistani regime also has gone about on an arms shopping splurge.
  • year: I hope you're all well & are recovering from the New Year splurge.

Preposition: of

activity: Sudden splurges of activity after long periods as a couch potato are better than nothing but far from ideal.

Followed by an intransitive particle

out: Songs like Daylight, The Whisper and The Scientist splurged out over two weeks, and we recorded them very quickly.