spreespree /spriː/ noun [countable] 
They went on a drinking spree. a shopping spree
WORD ORIGINspree
Origin:
1700-1800 Perhaps from Scottish English spreath ‘attack to steal cattle’, from Scottish Gaelic spreidh ‘cattle’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- He had been sentenced after going on a two-month crime spree.
- In contrast Stanley's usually made the inspired calculations of a good invitation side out for a scoring spree.
- In the national betting holiday just past, teen-agers were full players in the spree.
- Jonathan Dyson started the scoring spree by making a 43-yard reception on the Eagles' second play from scrimmage.
- One was a stabbing spree in which 12 cabdrivers got knifed in one week by a lone assailant.
- Some stores were bright on reports of an eleventh-hour Christmas buying spree.
- Then, against the background of bitter, violent parental quarrels, Chester began a spree of delinquency.
- This is my first shopping spree.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They went on a drinking spree. a shopping spreeCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree (=an occasion when someone murders many people in a short period of time) across southern California.
a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking alcoholon a spree They went on a drinking spree. a shopping spree (=when one person commits a lot of crimes in a short time)· He was arrested after a two-day crime spree.
They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree (=an occasion when someone murders many people in a short period of time) across southern California. (=when you buy a lot of things)· He admits to going on a shopping spree with someone else's credit card.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Ian Woodner's wholesale spending spree ended with his death.· The spending spree in the west was mirrored by falling shop sales in east Berlin: almost 20 percent compared with 1989.· With the launch of the single market programme, all have gone on massive spending sprees.· This applies even if one of you, unknown to the other, has gone on a mad spending spree.· But the thief won't be able to use the stolen cards on a spending spree.· Columbia's recent spending spree has partly been paid for by Sony.· Indulging in year-end spending sprees to farce up next year's budgeted expenditure.· The action follows complaints from parents and consumer groups and comes during a £600 million Christmas spending spree on games and hardware.
NOUN· He had been sentenced after going on a two-month crime spree.
· Vividly picture going on a wonderful shopping spree, buying everything you have ever dreamt of, with great joy and exuberance.· But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees.· She was on a shopping spree and had bumped into him outside Heal's in Tottenham Court Road.· More controversial than Woody Allen on a shopping spree in children's world.· We are in the midst of a decade-long shopping spree.
VERB· Spark has been on a bit of buying spree over the last year, snapping up Softtechnet in May.
· With the launch of the single market programme, all have gone on massive spending sprees.· But their lives are shattered when a nutty friend goes on a shooting spree, injuring Luna and killing Wren.
· Believing that clothes make the musician, the Cliburn competition rewarded him with a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus.· This is my first shopping spree.
· But if the spending spree stays at the same pace, even more money will be needed later.
They went on a drinking spree. a shopping spree