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- [spree]
- /spri/
- /spriː/
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- [spree]
- /spri/
Definitions of spree word
- noun spree a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long. 1
- noun spree indulgent activity 1
- countable noun spree If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are going on a particular kind of spree. 0
- noun spree a session of considerable overindulgence, esp in drinking, squandering money, etc 0
- noun spree a romp 0
- noun spree river in E Germany, flowing northwest through Berlin into the Havel: c. 250 mi (402 km) 0
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Origin of spree
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Spree
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spree popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spree usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spree
noun spree
- at home — If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
- at-home — Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- bender — If someone goes on a bender, they drink a very large amount of alcohol.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
verb spree
- cut capers — To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances.
- frolic — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- kick up one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- larking — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
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