spree

/spɹiː/

noun 2verb 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

massive

The store had a massive shopping spree during the holiday weekend.

mad | buying, shopping, spending | drinking, drunken | crime, killing

scoring

The team went on a scoring spree after halftime, netting five goals in twenty minutes.

VERB + SPREE

go on

After winning the lottery, she went on a shopping spree and bought new clothes for weeks.

PREP

on a ~

The kids went on a shopping spree at the mall last weekend.

Definitions

noun

Uninhibited activity.

spending spree

Then all three major builders were called upon to deliver 105 Berkshires before the buying spree was over.

A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

Tradition says she spent the last two years of her life in the strange den I have been speaking of, after having indulged herself in one final, triumphant and satisfying spree.

It would be a long time before he could be like the majority of these men of the road, who roamed until the hunger for drink and for women mastered them, and then went to work with a purpose in mind, and stopped when they had the price of a spree.

verb

To engage in a spree.

And I never spreed with the fellows as a student any more than I had enjoyed myself with the lads in the playground.

name

A river in Germany that flows through Lusatia and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a brief indulgence of your impulses

fling

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

spending spree

Wiktionary

Then all three major builders were called upon to deliver 105 Berkshires before the buying spree was over.

Wiktionary

Twitter has been on a hiring spree, spending $630 million on stock-based compensation in 2021, a 33 percent increase from the previous year.

Wiktionary

And I never spreed with the fellows as a student any more than I had enjoyed myself with the lads in the playground.

Wiktionary

Rumors of a Wall Street crash sparked a dollar selling spree.

Tatoeba · #65649

I’m totally prepared for my spree.

Tatoeba · #2191630

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, spree is marked as dated, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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