spree

See also: Spree

English

Etymology

1804, from Irish spraoi (“fun, sport”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse sprækr, sprakr (“lively, vigorous, sprightly”), from Proto-Germanic *sprakjaz, *sprakją, *spruką (“branch, sprout, splinter”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)sp(h)arag-, *(a)sprāg- (“sprout”). Cognate with Icelandic sprækr (“sprightly”), Norwegian spræk (“cheerful, lively”), Swedish dialectal sprygg (“active, brisk”). More at spry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

spree (plural sprees)

1. A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
2. Uninhibited activity.

Usage notes

Often preceded by the name of a certain activity to indicate a period of doing that activity whole-heartedly and continuously, e.g. shopping spree.

Synonyms

• carousal

Derived terms

• killing spree
• shooting spree
• shopping spree
• hiring spree

Translations

a merry frolic

• Estonian: pidu, jooming
• Finnish: juominki
• Italian: baldoria (it) f, bisboccia (it) f, simposio (it) m

• Portuguese: farra (pt) f
• Russian: кутёж (ru) (kutjóž)
• Scottish Gaelic: (drinking) daorach f

uninhibited activity

• Estonian: hoog (et)
• French: frénésie (fr) f
• Italian: orgia (it) f, frenesia (it) f

• Japanese: はめをはずす (hameeo hazusu)
• Russian: акти́вность (ru) f (aktívnostʹ), череда (ru) f (čereda)
• Zazaki: şênayi f

Verb

spree (third-person singular simple present sprees, present participle spreeing, simple past and past participle spreed)

1. (intransitive, rare) To engage in a spree.

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Perse, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, speer, spere