spree

spree
noun
ADJECTIVE
massive

a massive buying spree

buying, shopping, spending
acquisition, hiring (both business)
drinking
crime, killing, looting (esp. AmE), murder, shooting, wrecking (BrE)

Hungry mobs went on a looting spree in the city.

Vandals went on a £10 000 wrecking spree.

VERB + SPREE
go on

He's gone on a drinking spree.

PREPOSITION
on a spree

She's out on a shopping spree.


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  • Sprée — Spree Spree/Sprjewja/Spréva Caractéristiques Longueur 400 km Bassin 10,105 km2 …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Spree — Spree, die; : linker Nebenfluss der Havel. * * * Spree   die, linker, bedeutendster Nebenfluss der Havel, in Sachsen (Oberlausitz), Brandenburg (Niederlausitz) und Berlin, 382 km lang (davon die unteren 147 km schiffbar); entspringt im …   Universal-Lexikon

  • spree — /spree/, n. 1. a lively frolic or outing. 2. a bout or spell of drinking to intoxication; binge; carousal. 3. a period, spell, or bout of indulgence, as of a particular wish, craving, or whim: an eating spree; a spending spree. 4. a period or… …   Universalium

  • spree — [spri:] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from Scottish English spreath attack to steal cattle , from Scottish Gaelic spreidh cattle ] a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking alcohol on a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Spree — (spr[=e]), n. [Cf. Ir. spre a spark, animation, spirit, Gael. spraic. Cf. {Sprack}.] A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {spending spree} an incident in which one spends money freely; usually… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spree — Spree, Nebenfluß der Havel, entspringt in der sächs. Oberlausitz bei Spreedorf, teilt sich unterhalb Bautzen in die Große und Kleine S., durchfließt den Spreewald, den Schwielochsee, Berlin, mündet l. bei Spandau [Karte: Deutsches Reich I, 3];… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sprée — (la) (en all. Spree) riv. d Allemagne (403 km); naît en haute Lusace, à la frontière tchèque; passe à Berlin; se jette dans la Havel (r. dr.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • spree — [ spri ] noun count a short period that you spend doing only one activity, especially something enjoyable such as spending money or drinking alcohol: a shopping/spending/buying spree …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Spree — * Spree trinken. (Berlin.) Seinen Tod im Wasser, in der Spree suchen. Nach der (1856) in Berlin mehrere hundert mal gegebenen Posse von D. Kalisch, Der Actienbudiker …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

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