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Grammar detail: 〜まくる

〜まくる  do ~ intensely; do ~ a lot; do ~ several times
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verb stem + まくる
means
do something intensely, fiercely, fully, totally etc
On its own, the verb まくる generally means 'turn inside out', and is used for example to describe rolling up one's sleeves. When appended to the stem of a verb, it invokes a sense of doing something frantically and excessively - almost to the point of turning oneself inside out by doing it.
Some common verb combinations include:
するdoしまくるdo (something) to excess
べる
eat
べまくる
eat to excess, gobble, pig out, binge eat
drink
みまくる
drink too much
見つめるlook at見つめまくるstare fixedly
しゃべるtalkしゃべりまくるblather on about, talk to death
あせるbe flusteredあせりまくるpanic
つか
使
to use
つか
使
いまくる
to use a lot; to overuse
to sell
りまくる
to sell a lot of
Notice how in each case, the English translation is quite vivid and colloquial, and the Japanese conveys an equivalent sense.
かのじょ
彼女
べらべらしゃべりまくる
まい
ってしまう

Her continuous chatter vexes me.
It is not uncommon to use the stem form まくり to turn the combination into a noun:
みろ
まえ
かげ
フラれまくりそう
ひごろ
日頃
おこな
せいじゃない
"Look! Thanks to you I'm getting dumped all the time." "Oh? Isn't it just because of your everyday behaviour?"
もうほてりまくりじゃないです
Aren't you just constantly embarrassed?
Historically まくる was written as
まく
る, but since 捲 is a Jinmeiyo kanji rather than a Joyo, this is increasingly uncommon. Note that the right side of 捲 exists in a slightly different form as the Joyo kanji 巻, to roll up.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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イン   の to drink   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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使
シ   つか to use   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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まく to turn inside out   まくれる to be turned inside out   
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カン   roll up   ま to roll (up)   まき roll, reel, volume   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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イン   かげ shadow   かげ to darken, to get dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ころ time   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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