SPREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spree mean? 

• SPREE (noun)
  The noun SPREE has 1 sense:

1. a brief indulgence of your impulses

  Familiarity information: SPREE used as a noun is very rare.

• SPREE (verb)
  The verb SPREE has 1 sense:

1. engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

  Familiarity information: SPREE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief indulgence of your impulses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fling; spree

Hypernyms ("spree" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spree"):

spending spree (a brief period of extravagant spending)

Derivation:

spree (engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping)

• SPREE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "spree" is one way to...):

gratify; indulge; pander (yield (to); give satisfaction to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

spree (a brief indulgence of your impulses)

 Context examples 

"And what's more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"You're revolting," said Daisy. She turned to me, and her voice, dropping an octave lower, filled the room with thrilling scorn: "Do you know why we left Chicago? I'm surprised that they didn't treat you to the story of that little spree."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)