1. splurge(n = noun.communication) - an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.);
is a kind of fanfare, flash, ostentation
Derived form verb splurge2
2. splurge(n = noun.act) binge, orgy - any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
is a kind of humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering
1. splurge(v = verb.possession) fling - indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
is one way to consume, squander, ware, waste
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
2. splurge(v = verb.perception) - be showy or ostentatious;
is one way to flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
Derived form noun splurge1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory. [1913 Webster]
splurge, 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.
N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.