单词 | spreeing |
释义 | > as lemmasˈspreeing ˈspreeing n. indulgence or participation in a spree or sprees; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] > noisy or riotous riotingc1390 revelling1395 revelc1400 revelryc1410 revel-rout?1499 jetting1509 deray?a1513 company keeping1529 banqueting1535 roistingc1560 wassailinga1586 riotise1590 roister-doisterdom1592 reels1603 roaring1617 ranting1633 rattle1688 high jinks1699 roistering1805 spree1808 wassailry1814 revelment1822 Tom and Jerryism1822 spreeing1845 to be on the roister1860 riotousness1882 whoopee1928 1845 in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) iv. 137 They both had been spreeing it the evening before with some members of Congress. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 211 I've longed for to be a man to go spreeing, even if it were only a tramp to some new place in search o' work. 1860 Yale Literary Mag. 25 398 Another great sham connected with our social life is that of spreeing or ‘bumming’. 1885 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 11 Sept. (1917) II. 457 The drunkenness (and sometimes pretty reckless spreeing) ceased before he came East. 1890 A. C. Gunter Miss Nobody x Paying their spreeing expenses when occasion offered. 1890 A. C. Gunter Miss Nobody xvii After the wicked has been spreeing, gaming, and tooting all night. 1928 G. B. Shaw Intell. Woman's Guide Socialism lxiv. 296 They destroy the sense of security which induces the possessors of spare money to invest it instead of spreeing it. < as lemmas |
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