Splurge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury.
  • verb-intransitive. To be showy or ostentatious.
  • v. To spend extravagantly or wastefully.
  • n. An extravagant display.
  • n. An expensive indulgence; a spree.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To gush, to flow or move in a rush.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A blustering, noisy, or ostentatious demonstration, display, or effort.
  • To make an ostentatious demonstration or display.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. indulge oneself
  • v. be showy or ostentatious
  • n. any act of immoderate indulgence
  • n. an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
  • Verb Form
    splurged    splurges    splurging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    waste    ware    squander    consume    flash    show off    swank    flaunt    ostentate    humoring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    display    splash   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converge    dirge    diverge    emerge    merge    purge    reemerge    scourge    serge    spurge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts