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Noun: splurge  splurj
Usage: informal
  1. Any act of immoderate indulgence
    "a splurge of spending";
    - orgy, binge [informal]
     
  2. An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
Verb: splurge  splurj
Usage: informal
  1. Spend money extravagantly, esp. to indulge oneself
    "I splurged on a new TV";
    - lash out [Brit, informal], lash [Brit, informal], splash out [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Be showy or ostentatious

Derived forms: splurged, splurges, splurging

Type of: consume, fanfare, flash, flaunt, indulgence, ostentate [archaic], ostentation, parade, show off, showboat [N. Amer, informal], squander, swank [informal], ware [archaic], waste

Encyclopedia: Splurge