splurged
past simple and past participle ofsplurge
splurge
verb[IorT]
informaluk/splɜːdʒ/us/splɝːdʒ/tospenda lot ofmoneyonbuyinggoods,especiallyexpensivegoods:
Ifeellike splurging(out)ona newdress.
I canhappilysplurge 3,000poundsin oneday.
Synonym
splashout(something)UK
to spend money
- spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house?
- payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay?
- investShe's invested all her savings in the business.
- pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed.
- splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances.
- blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years.
- Splurge ondinnerat the Earl Grey Lodge.
- When mywifeand I splurge, we havecaviar.
- Rather than splurge, he put hismoneyin thebank.
- He splurged £7,130 onclothesinItalianboutiques.
Paying money
- ante up (something)
- balance
- burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
- charge
- chargeable
- co-finance
- compensate
- congestion charge
- cough
- foot
- lash
- paid
- payer
- prepaid
- settle up
- sink intosomething
- spender
- splash out(something)
- spring forsomething
- stretch tosomething
Examplesofsplurged
splurged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He has invaded the privacy of countless people, not only politicians, and hassplurgedstories all over the broadsheet press.
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Do they want a return to the old days when public money wassplurgedon industries that eventually went bankrupt?
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Oncesplurged, a kid is all washed up - finished.
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