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US
/ˈspɫɝdʒ/
]
[ UK /splˈɜːdʒ/ ]
[ UK /splˈɜːdʒ/ ]
VERB
- be showy or ostentatious
-
indulge oneself
I splurged on a new TV
NOUN
- an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
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any act of immoderate indulgence
a splurge of spending
an orgy of shopping
an emotional binge
How To Use splurge In A Sentence
- She splurged 30 thousand on a fur coat.
- Have you splurged on anything since you became the website representative?
- Second, don't splurge money on a wasteful stimulus package. Times, Sunday Times
- The splurge had a big impact, particularly on those parts of the country that have become worryingly dependent on the public sector. Times, Sunday Times
- Has she given her selection the full-on syrup-drowning treatment (not afraid to splurge), or do the scattered half-open jam packets indicate she's a nibbler (delicate, but with a mellow fruity finish)?
- He aimed to splurge his money in Amsterdam before his death. Times, Sunday Times
- It's no longer a sin to make big money and splurge. Times, Sunday Times
- With splurges of undigested Freud and lashings of dud anthropology, these essays fail to convince.
- Then, in a vicious splurge, flames spat around the lintel of the door itself. SCANDAL'S BRIDE
- So, is that what a 150m transfer splurge buys you? Times, Sunday Times
