splurge
/splɜːdʒ/verb
उच्चारण स्प्लर्ज
ख़ूब पैसा उड़ाना
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[I, T] ~ (sth) (on sth) informal
to spend a lot of money on something that you do not really need
ख़ूब पैसा उड़ाना
- She splurged on a new phone.
- We splurged on a fancy dinner to celebrate his selection.
- Why not splurge on a good meal for your birthday?
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- Radhika splurged on new books after her first salary.
- He splurged most of his bonus on a watch.
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[C, usually sing.] informal
an act of spending a lot of money on something that you do not really need
फ़िज़ूलख़र्ची
- a shopping splurge
- A weekend splurge at the mall emptied his wallet.
- After months of saving, they went on a shopping splurge.
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- The festival splurge left the family with little money for the rest of the month.
- A little splurge on a treat is fine now and then.
Synonyms spree binge extravagance indulgence
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the spend-too-much words together: splurge, squander (waste money or time), fritter away (waste a little at a time), lavish (give or spend generously), blow (informal, spend a lot quickly), spree ('a shopping spree').
अत्यधिक खर्च के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: splurge, squander (पैसा या समय बरबाद करना), fritter away (थोड़ा-थोड़ा बरबाद करना), lavish (उदारता से देना या खर्च करना), blow (अनौपचारिक, जल्दी बहुत खर्च करना), spree ('a shopping spree')।
§Grammar and usage
Splurge on sth ('splurge on clothes').
Usage: 'splurge on sth' (किसी चीज़ पर खूब पैसे उड़ाना), जैसे 'splurge on clothes' (कपड़ों पर बहुत खर्च करना)। Preposition 'on' का प्रयोग होता है।
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One-word substitution
A person who spends money wastefully is a spendthrift or prodigal.
फ़िज़ूलख़र्च करने वाला spendthrift या prodigal।