Spree
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English
Noun
Spree (plural Sprees)- A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
- Uninhibited activity.
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Adjectives for Spree
gigantic; conquering; periodic; prolonged; measured; violent; headlong.
Thesaurus
bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebrate, celebration, compotation, cut loose, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, escapade, fling, frolic, guzzle, hell, hell around, jag, jollify, jolly, lark, let go, let loose, let off steam, make merry, make whoopee, orgy, outing, ploy, potation, pub-crawl, raise hell, rampage, randan, randy, revel, riot, roister, romp, see life, skylark, splurge, step out, symposium, tear, toot, wanton, wassail, whoop it up, wingding
Etymology
1804, from Irish spre (“a spark, flash of fire, animation, spirit”) (compare Irish spraic (“vigour”)), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse sprækr, sprakr (“lively, vigorous, sprightly”), from Proto-Germanic *sprakjaz, *sprakjan, *sprukan (“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: /spɹi/
- Rhymes: -iː
