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spree

UK/ʃpɹeɪ/ US/spɹeɪ/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a brief indulgence of your impulses

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verb

1.

engage withour restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

Origin

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”)”.

Phrases

  • killing spree
  • shooting spree
  • shopping spree
  • spending spree
  • spree killer

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