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spree definition

spree (sprē)

noun

  1. a lively, noisy frolic
  2. a period of drunkenness
  3. a period of uninhibited activity a shopping spree

Etymology: late 18th-c. slang, for earlier spray < ?

Spree definition

Spree (s̸hprā)

river in E Germany, flowing northwest through Berlin into the Havel: c. 250 mi (402 km)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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