spree

spree  (spr)

n.

1. A carefree, lively outing.

2. A drinking bout.

3. A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity. See Synonyms at binge.

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[Perhaps alteration of Scots spreath, cattle raid, from Irish and Scottish Gaelic spréidh, spré, cattle, wealth, from Middle Irish preit, preid, booty, ultimately from Latin praeda; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: A spending spree seems a far cry from a cattle raid, yet etymologists have suggested that the word spree comes from the Scots word spreath, "cattle raid." The word spree is first recorded in a poem in Scots dialect in 1804 in the sense of "a lively outing." This sense is closely connected with a sense recorded soon afterward (in 1811), "a drinking bout," while the familiar sense "an overindulgence in an activity," as in a spending spree, is recorded in 1849. Scots and Irish dialects also have a sense "a fight," which may help connect the word and the sense "lively outing" with the Scots word spreath, meaning variously, "booty," "cattle taken as spoils," "a herd of cattle taken in a raid," and "cattle raid." The Scots word comes from Irish and Scottish Gaelic spréidh, "cattle," which in turn ultimately comes from Latin praeda, "booty." This last link reveals both the importance of the Latin language to Gaelic and a connection between cattle and plunder in earlier Irish and Scottish societies.

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spree

Noun

a session of overindulgence, usually in drinking or spending money [Scots spreath plundered cattle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spree - a brief indulgence of your impulses fling spending spree - a brief period of extravagant spending intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
Verb	1.	spree - engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping pander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to

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spree

noun 1. fling, binge (informal) orgy, splurge

noun 2. binge, bender (informal) orgy, revel (informal) jag (slang) junketing, beano Brit. (slang) debauch, carouse, bacchanalia, carousal

Translations

spree [spriː] n to go on a spree → ir de juerga or farra (LAM)

spree [spriː] n to go on a spree → faire la fête

spree [spriː] n to go on a spree (drinking) → eine Zechtour machen;

(spending) → groß einkaufen gehen

spree [spriː] n to go on a spree → fare baldoria