- spree
- spree frolic, drinking bout," 1804, slang, perhaps an alteration of Fr. esprit "lively wit" (see ESPRIT (Cf. esprit)). Ir. spre seems to be a loan-word from O.N. sprakr.
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spree — [spriː] noun [countable] spending/buying/takeover etc spree a short period of time during which someone spends a lot of money: • Consumers went on a spending spree. • The company embarked on a takeover spree during the 1980s. * * * spree UK US… … Financial and business terms
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
