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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
2: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] v
1: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge, fling]
2: be showy or ostentatious

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: perhaps blend of splash and surge Date: 1830 an ostentatious effort, display, or expenditure II. verb (splurged; splurging) Date: 1843 intransitive verb 1. to make a splurge 2. to indulge oneself extravagantly — often used with on <splurge on a new dress> transitive verb to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 an ostentatious display or effort. 2 an instance of sudden great extravagance. --v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by on) spend effort or esp. large sums of money (splurged on new furniture). 2 splash heavily. Etymology: 19th-c. US: prob. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Splurge Splurge, n. A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Splurge Splurge, v. i. To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory. [Slang, U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(splurges, splurging, splurged) If you splurge on something, you spend a lot of money, usually on things that you do not need. We splurged on Bohemian glass for gifts, and for ourselves. = splash out VERB: V on n

Moby Thesaurus

access, binge, blazon, bravura, brilliancy, budget, burst, cost, cost out, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, daring, dash, dazzle, demonstration, disburse, display, douse, dramatics, eclat, etalage, exhibition, exhibitionism, expend, extravagance, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, fling, flourish, fork out, glare, glitter, go through, histrionics, incur costs, indulgence, invest, lay out, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, manifestation, open the purse, orgy, ostentatiousness, outburst, outlay, pageant, pageantry, parade, pay, pay out, plash, put out, rampage, run through, schedule, sham, shell out, shine, show, showing-off, sink money in, slop, slosh, spatter, spectacle, spend, splash, splatter, splosh, spree, spurtle, squander, staginess, swash, theatrics, throw money around, vaunt