splurge
splurged; splurging; splurges
To splurge is to indulge yourself. You can also go on a splurge if you spend a lot or act extravagantly in another way.
Anyone might have a cupcake. If you have 10 cupcakes, that's a splurge. When you go on a splurge or are splurging, it usually applies to money. Splurging happens when you see a lot of things you want — or even one very expensive thing — and buy it, even though you might not be able to afford it. When you splurge, you're going wild in some way. A splurge is sometimes called a binge.
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indulge oneself
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be showy or ostentatious
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any act of immoderate indulgence
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an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
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type of:
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fanfare, flash, ostentation
a gaudy outward display
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fanfare, flash, ostentation
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