"splurge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /splɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /splɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-splurge.ogg [US], en-au-splurge.ogg [Australia] Forms: splurges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ Etymology: Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|splash|surge|nocap=1}} blend of splash + surge, {{onom|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} splurge (plural splurges)
  1. An extravagant or ostentatious display. Tags: informal Translations (extravagant or ostentatious display): фукане (fukane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), перчене (perčene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pröystäily (Finnish), Protzen [neuter] (German), Protzerei [feminine] (German), Angeberei [feminine] (German), Protz [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-splurge-en-noun-Ibhi2a3i Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 18 22 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'extravagant or ostentatious display': 93 7
  2. An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree. Tags: informal Translations (extravagant indulgence): utrácení [neuter] (Czech), rozhazování [neuter] (Czech), tuhlailu (Finnish), törsäily (Finnish), tuhlaus (Finnish), törsäys (Finnish), verschwenderisches Ausgeben [neuter] (German), Prassen [neuter] (German), Geldverjubeln [neuter] (German), Verschwendung [feminine] (German), хвастливая демонстра́ция (xvastlivaja demonstrácija) (Russian), выставление напоказ (vystavlenije napokaz) (Russian), ostentación (Spanish), derroche [masculine] (Spanish), gösteriş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-splurge-en-noun-quKr5MIL Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 18 22 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'extravagant indulgence': 14 86

Verb

IPA: /splɜːd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /splɝd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-splurge.ogg [US], en-au-splurge.ogg [Australia] Forms: splurges [present, singular, third-person], splurging [participle, present], splurged [participle, past], splurged [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ Etymology: Possibly from a blend of splash + surge, originally US. According to the OED, onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|splash|surge|nocap=1}} blend of splash + surge, {{onom|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} splurge (third-person singular simple present splurges, present participle splurging, simple past and past participle splurged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Translations (to flow or move in rush): ryntäillä (note: of people) (Finnish), roiskia (Finnish), roiskua (note: of liquid) (Finnish), puuskahtaa (note: of speech) (Finnish), ergießen (German), хлынуть (xlynutʹ) (Russian), chorrear (Spanish), dökmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-splurge-en-verb-0SAsa7sk Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 18 22 25 17 18 Disambiguation of 'to flow or move in rush': 94 3 3
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: splash out Translations (to spend lavishly or extravagantly): يبعزق (yebáʕzaʔ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), харча безразсъдно (harča bezrazsǎdno) (Bulgarian), rozhazovat [imperfective] (Czech), rozšoupnout se [perfective] (Czech), tuhlata (Finnish), tuhlailla (Finnish), törsätä (Finnish), claquer [slang] (French), flamber [slang] (French), prassen (German), verprassen (German), verschwenden (German), spensegar (Ido), przepuszczać (Polish), esbanjar (Portuguese), транжирить (tranžiritʹ) (Russian), тра́тить де́ньги (trátitʹ dénʹgi) (Russian), derrochar (Spanish), slå på stort (Swedish), frossa (Swedish), saçmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-splurge-en-verb-DP8X~Hp8 Disambiguation of Money: 12 12 12 53 11 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English blends: 18 22 25 17 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 68 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 8 10 43 20 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 11 15 16 44 13 Disambiguation of 'to spend lavishly or extravagantly': 4 93 2
  3. (intransitive) To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-splurge-en-verb-fTMALFlq Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 18 22 25 17 18

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          "ref": "2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time",
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      "word": "przepuszczać"
    },
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      "sense": "to spend lavishly or extravagantly",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschwendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvastlivaja demonstrácija",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "word": "хвастливая демонстра́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vystavlenije napokaz",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "word": "выставление напоказ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "word": "ostentación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "derroche"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extravagant indulgence",
      "word": "gösteriş"
    }
  ],
  "word": "splurge"
}

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