spree
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spree¹
- /spɹiː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit (“lively wit”) (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spré seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath (“cattle raid”), from Gaelic sprédh, spré (“cattle; wealth”), from Middle Irish preit, preid (“booty”), ultimately from Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)”.
noun sprees
- Uninhibited activity. spending spree
-
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.
Similar: carousal
verb sprees · spreeing · spreed
-
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.
Similar: carouse
Spree²
- /ʃpɹeɪ/
- /spɹeɪ/
Sounds like spray (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Spree.
proper noun
- A river in Germany that flows through Lusatia and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bout, fling, indiscriminate, folly, craziness, insanity, crazy, madness, intensive, frenzy, violent, excitement, tear, spell, series, serial
Translations
Every language
noun uninhibited activity
| Español | frenesí m du |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | はめをはずす hameeo hazusu |
| Français | frénésie |
| Deutsch | Spaß, Vergnügen |
| Italiano | orgia, frenesia, follia |
| Română | frenezie |
| Русский | акти́вность aktívnostʹ, череда́ čeredá |
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