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spree
1[ spree ]
noun
- a lively frolic or outing.
- a bout or spell of drinking to intoxication; binge; carousal.
- a period, spell, or bout of indulgence, as of a particular wish, craving, or whim:
an eating spree; a spending spree.
- a period or outburst of extreme activity:
the team’s scoring spree;
no motive for his killing spree.
Spree
2[ shprey ]
noun
- a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
spree
/ spriː /
noun
- a session of considerable overindulgence, esp in drinking, squandering money, etc
- a romp
Word History and Origins
Origin of spree1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spree1
Example Sentences
After a tire-puncturing spree in late October, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot dead by a police officer in Chicago.
He declined to say who was bankrolling this advertising spree.
Indeed, both the legend and legacy of Jack the Ripper are far more gripping than the crime spree attributed to him.
Those criminals took their killing spree to tiny Kocho just south of Sinjar on August 15.
In 1997, the influential Italian designer was killed by a madman on a killing spree.
The men, their heads whirling with the anticipated delights of a spree, would indignantly champion their new friend.
To them it seemed the not unusual sight of the successful miner "on a spree."
Truth to tell, both Steve and Sarah looked as if they had been on a spree, and both were callous as to appearances.
They roamed from one spree to another, sometimes looking for work and never keeping it long if found.
Before I had gone by the nose of the old ship, who should I run into but Klaus, coming back from a spree.
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