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Definition of spree in English: spreenounPlural sprees spriːspri 1A spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind. he went on a six-month crime spree Example sentencesExamples - One rationale behind the buying spree was to be able to offer different products to different market segments.
- At a press conference, a police spokesman spoke of the alleged crime spree as being clearly provoked and not really worth prosecution.
- Gangsters used to be criminals who took off on crime sprees and lived to be hunted by the law.
- Imagine my surprise, then, when I happened upon this compilation album, during a recent shopping spree around London's record shops.
- Shortly after their killing spree, we notice John is having trouble sleeping, and he begins to look more and more haggard.
- Were they really on a hiring spree since October?
- Outside the movie theaters, a similar drinking spree was taking place.
- In 1957 Charlie, then 19, went on a killing spree.
- To that end, he hooks up with a thug who provides him with a gun and an opportunity to fuel a spree of mayhem.
- The subsequent killing spree accounts for the fates of many of the minor characters.
- The result is a spree of robberies, culminating in ‘one last big job.’
- Visitors at the store could also register for a $2,500 shopping spree and other in-store giveaways.
- My nationwide shopping spree focused on the latter.
- We became friends, and went on a shopping spree in Oxford Street.
- The tabloid wants evidence of who's behind the crime spree.
- Well, Leela, you'd wind up going on a killing spree.
- Since then, the company has gone on a massive shopping spree, acquiring and building some 14 different packaging and processing plants and dairies.
- There they trade, with relish, tales of their killing sprees.
- Or is this all some crazy convoluted crime spree by a local lunatic?
- Together they embark on a high-class crime spree across Europe.
Synonyms unrestrained bout, orgy informal binge, splurge - 1.1dated A spell of unrestrained drinking.
crews were seldom going ashore and therefore seldom going on the spree Synonyms drinking bout, debauch informal binge, bender, session, sesh, booze-up, beer-up, souse, drunk, blind Scottish informal skite North American informal jag, toot New Zealand informal boozeroo British vulgar slang piss-up literary bacchanal, bacchanalia archaic wassail, fuddle, potation
verbsprees, spreeing, spreedspriːspri [no object]dated Take part in a spree. they don't want work, they're too busy spreeing! Synonyms enjoy oneself, make merry, have fun, have a good time, have a wild time, rave, party, have a party, eat, drink, and be merry, revel, roister, carouse, kill the fatted calf, put the flag out, put the flags out
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. Rhymes absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, quay, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee Definition of spree in US English: spreenounsprisprē 1A spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind. he went on a six-month crime spree Example sentencesExamples - The subsequent killing spree accounts for the fates of many of the minor characters.
- We became friends, and went on a shopping spree in Oxford Street.
- Well, Leela, you'd wind up going on a killing spree.
- Since then, the company has gone on a massive shopping spree, acquiring and building some 14 different packaging and processing plants and dairies.
- Were they really on a hiring spree since October?
- Shortly after their killing spree, we notice John is having trouble sleeping, and he begins to look more and more haggard.
- My nationwide shopping spree focused on the latter.
- Gangsters used to be criminals who took off on crime sprees and lived to be hunted by the law.
- There they trade, with relish, tales of their killing sprees.
- In 1957 Charlie, then 19, went on a killing spree.
- Imagine my surprise, then, when I happened upon this compilation album, during a recent shopping spree around London's record shops.
- At a press conference, a police spokesman spoke of the alleged crime spree as being clearly provoked and not really worth prosecution.
- Outside the movie theaters, a similar drinking spree was taking place.
- The result is a spree of robberies, culminating in ‘one last big job.’
- One rationale behind the buying spree was to be able to offer different products to different market segments.
- Or is this all some crazy convoluted crime spree by a local lunatic?
- To that end, he hooks up with a thug who provides him with a gun and an opportunity to fuel a spree of mayhem.
- Together they embark on a high-class crime spree across Europe.
- Visitors at the store could also register for a $2,500 shopping spree and other in-store giveaways.
- The tabloid wants evidence of who's behind the crime spree.
- 1.1dated A spell of unrestrained drinking.
verbsprisprē [no object]dated Take part in a spree. Synonyms enjoy oneself, make merry, have fun, have a good time, have a wild time, rave, party, have a party, eat, drink, and be merry, revel, roister, carouse, kill the fatted calf, put the flag out, put the flags out
Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin. |