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splurge

verb
/splɜːd͡ʒ/UK/splɝd͡ʒ/US

Etymology

Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic.

  1. derived from *h₃réǵeti✻
  2. derived from surgō
  3. derived from surgir
  4. derived from surgir — “to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”
  5. derived from sourgir
  6. inherited from ^((please verify)) surgen
  7. compounded as splurge — “splash + surge”

Definitions

  1. To (cause to) gush

    To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.

    • The tomato sauce was splurged all over the chips.

  2. To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.

    • They decided to splurge on the biggest banana split for dessert.
    • I could see Schultz think, and revive, and splurge with his bets again.
    • Fans flew across the country, stayed in hotels, ate meals out, and splurged on everything from sweatshirts to limited-edition vinyl, with the average Eras attendee reportedly spending nearly $1,300.

  3. To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An extravagant or ostentatious display.

    2. An extravagant indulgence

      An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at splurge. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at splurge. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at splurge

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA