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Noun
S:
(n)
splurge
(an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.))
S:
(n)
orgy
,
binge
,
splurge
(any act of immoderate indulgence)
"an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
Verb
S:
(v)
splurge
,
fling
(indulge oneself)
"I splurged on a new TV"
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
consume
,
squander
,
waste
,
ware
(spend extravagantly)
"waste not, want not"
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
fling
[Related to:
fling
] (a brief indulgence of your impulses)
derivationally related form
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
S:
(v)
splurge
(be showy or ostentatious)
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
flaunt
,
flash
,
show off
,
ostentate
,
swank
(display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)
"he showed off his new sports car"
derivationally related form
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