spree

• uncertain. Some theories listed at “spree” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• IPA^(key): /spɹiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

spree (plural sprees)

1. A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
2. Uninhibited activity.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 27:

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

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.

• carousal

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

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

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

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