splurge
IPA: spɫˈɝdʒ
noun
- An extravagant or ostentatious display.
- An extravagant indulgence; a spending spree.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money.
- (intransitive) To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display.
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Examples of "splurge" in Sentences
- "The connotation of the term splurge is unpleasant.
- This sort of splurge is a variant shopper's thrill.
- My splurge was a paperback copy of The Long Goodbye, which turned out to be my favorite Raymond Chandler book.
- Sometimes the splurge is worth it and in this case, the splurge knocks out the cheaper specials by a long shot.
- It's a clear sign of the continuing evolution of video games when hot titles splurge on big mainstream media ads.
- It's a common and simple principle, but it bears repeating for others: "Wait one week and see if the burning urge to splurge is there," wrote Al Viviano.
- You can’t beat 2 regular slices of plain cheese NY pizza (costing you under $5 at most places), and I’m still a huge fan of the the various 99 Cent Pizza places - but every once in a while a pizza splurge is in order.
- The opening pages, which introduce us to what Mahler called his "suns and planets revolving", could politely be described as a splurge, while the unleashing of the brass for the Accende lumen and Hostem repellas sections brought all the clarity of a herd of stampeding buffalo.
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