Noun: splurge splurj
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Any act of immoderate indulgence
"a splurge of spending";
- orgy, binge [informal]
- An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
"The company's annual gala was a splurge of luxury and excess"
Usage: informal
- Spend money extravagantly, esp. to indulge oneself
"I splurged on a new TV";
- splash out [Brit, informal], lash [Brit, informal], lash out [Brit, informal]
- Be showy or ostentatious
"He splurged on an expensive watch to impress his colleagues"
Derived forms: splurged, splurges, splurging
Type of: consume, fanfare, flash, flaunt, flex [N. Amer, informal], indulgence, ostentate [archaic], ostentation, parade, show off, showboat [N. Amer, informal], squander, swank [informal], ware [archaic], waste
Encyclopedia: Splurge