splurge

splurge

splurge (third-person singular simple present splurges, present participle splurging, simple past and past participle splurged)

1. To gush, to flow or move in a rush.

   The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips.

   • 1884, Donald Grant Mitchell, Bound Together, A Sheaf of Papers, Norwich, 1659-1859,

     But the steamboats come in their time ; and I am sure that I address a large crowd of sympathizing auditors, now that I come to speak of the magnificent old ""Fanny,"" spluttering and paddling, and splurging up to the little wharf under the lea of Peppers Hill, where the pine wood lay piled in fabulous quantities.

   • 1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, Chapter XXXVIII,

     She waited a moment, quivering with the expectation of her husbands answer; then, as none came except the silent darkening of his face, she walked to the door and turned round to fling back: ""Of course you can do what you like with your own house, and make any arrangements that suit your family, without consulting me; but you neednt think Im ever going back to live in that stuffy little hole, with Hubert and his wife splurging round on top of our heads!""

   • 1930, Robert E. Howard, Sailors Grudge,

     ""And boy,"" he splurged, ""we are filming a peach, a pip and a wow! Is it a knockout? Oh, baby! A prize-fight picture entitled The Honor of the Champion, starring Reginald Van Veer, with Honey Precious for the herowine. Boy, will it pack the theayters!""

2. To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.[from 1934]

   They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert.

splurge (plural splurges)

1. An extravagant or ostentatious display.[from 1828]
2. An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.[from 1928]

Altri significati:

An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.

To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.

To spend lavishly or extravagantly

Traduzione 'veloce'

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