splurge

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, informal) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
2. (ambitransitive, informal) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.
3. (informal, intransitive) To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display.

Noun

1. (informal) An extravagant or ostentatious display.
2. (informal) An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.

Synonyms

show off

squander

dissipate

orgy

binge

blow

waste

fling

wanton away

limelight

ostentation

pageantry

piddle

profligacy

show

showing

spend

splash

swagger

swank

trifle

trifle away

wanton

be prodigal

demonstration

display

downpour

extravagance

figure

fool

fool away

gasconade

Translations

protzen

ostentar

savurganlık

faroleo

Angeberei

Anstrengung

vanitat

ergießen

fatxenderia

Orgie

prassen

Eifer

verprassen

verschwenden

Bemühung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/splɜːd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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