SPREE
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)
Meaning:
A brief indulgence of your impulses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
spree; fling
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)
• SPREE (verb)
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
"Liquor before beer and you're in the clear. Beer before liquor and you'll never be sicker." (English proverb)
"Patient without any pain, the dog is lame when it wants to" (Breton proverb)
"You left them lost and bewildered." (Arabic proverb)
"An understanding person needs only half a word." (Dutch proverb)
