noun · rare

spree

spree · sprees

активность, череда

Spaß, Vergnügen

Uninhibited activityUninhibited activity.

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/spɹiː/

» Tom went on a spending spree.

Meaning

2 senses

(in compounds)Uninhibited activity.
spending spree
Spaß, Vergnügen
акти́вностьaktívnostʹ, череда́čeredá
(dated)A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
Gelage, Trinkgelage
кутёжkutjóž

More definitions

a brief indulgence of your impulses

Examples

33 sentences

Tom went on a spending spree.
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Tom and Mary went on a shopping spree.
ruТом и Мэри отправились по магазинам.
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Tom went on a shopping spree.
deTom machte einen Einkaufsbummel.
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Tom's company went on a firing spree.
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I’m totally prepared for my spree.
Я повністю готовий до початку моєї забави.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

uninhibited activity:

a merry frolic:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

uninhibited activity:

a merry frolic:

Origin

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertai

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”)”.

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Forms

plural: sprees

Singular	spree
Plural	sprees

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

carousal

Close in meaning

a brief indulgence of your impulses:fling