spree

Meaning

Noun

1. (in-compounds) Uninhibited activity.
2. (dated) A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

Verb

To engage in a spree.

Synonyms

binge

merrymaking

fling

carousal

jollification

lark

frolic

fun

festivity

carnival

wassail

pleasure

amusement

revel

revelry

junket

shindy

frisk

gust

high jinks

jag

jamboree

junketing

merriment

outburst

paroxysm

party

🥳

pipe

pipeline

romp

scene

shindig

spectacle

👓

spot

tear

touch

tube

tubing

uproar

drinking spree

saturnalia

bash

batter

bender

bluster

bout

bust

buster

carouse

column

Translations

borrachera

parranda

🥳

γλέντι

Spaß

frénésie

eğlenti

🥳

baldoria

festa

cümbüş

Streit

Einkaufsbummel

tumultartige Versammlung

Spree

γλεντώ

Saufgelage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹiː/

Etymology

Unknown. According to Douglas Harper’s Online Etymological Dictionary, “a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit (“lively wit”) (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spré seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath (“cattle raid”), from Gaelic sprédh, spré (“cattle; wealth”), from Middle Irish preit, preid (“booty”), ultimately from Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)”.