Definition of Splurging

1. Verb. (present participle of splurge) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Splurging

1. splurge [v] - See also: splurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splurging

splotches
splotchier
splotchiest
splotching
splotchy
spludgy
splurchase
splurchases
splurge
splurged
splurger
splurgers
splurges
splurgier
splurgiest
splurging
splurgy
splurt
splurted
splurting
splurts
splutter
spluttered
splutterer
splutterers
spluttering
splutteringly
splutters
spluttery
spn

Literary usage of Splurging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 Let us hear no more that you will commence writing when the editors have done splurging.— Yale Lit. Mag., xiv. 43. 1848 To splurge is defined as "to ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... swinging and splurging, ... wild geese outside that every now and then would make a great splurging and cavort- ..."

3. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... but you needn't think I'm ever going back to live in that stuffy little hole, with Hubert and his wife splurging round on top of our heads! ..."

4. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... at 729 SW 15th Avenue, offers reasonable room rates and free parking; and if you feel like splurging try the impeccably restored downtown landmark, ..."

5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"When this firm was splurging I asked this man to tell me of his past—and he told me. Then he challenged me thus: "Go out into Main street and ask the first ..."

6. The Bookman (1911)
"... maid to an elderly virago who is splurging through the Riviera on her second honeymoon. The elderly virago has a husband who is somewhat less obnoxious ..."

7. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1860)
"It offers an unexampled opportunity for a display of " splurging" powers, and moreover, would fill a great waste of white paper, as awkward in its ..."

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