spree

UK
/spriː/
US
/spriː/

Übersetzungen

spreesubstantiv
sprees
Pl.
UK
/spriː/
US
/spriː/
After receiving his bonus, he went on a shopping spree.
Получив премию, он отправился в шоппинг-загул.
The children had a spree at the amusement park.
Дети устроили веселье в парке аттракционов.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
spreeverb
spreed
Präteritum
spreed
Partizip Perfekt
spreeing
Gerundium
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to engage in a spree’, attested since 19ᵗʰ c.
spreeadjektiv
UK
/spriː/
US
/spriː/
Used attributively before another noun (spree killer, spree shooting) and behaves like a non-gradable descriptive adjective.

Definitionen

spreesubstantiv
A period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind.
After receiving his bonus, he went on a shopping spree, buying everything he had been eyeing for months.
A lively or wild outburst of activity.
The children went on a spree in the park, running and playing until they were exhausted.
A bout of heavy drinking.
He went off on a two-day drinking spree after the breakup.
spreeverb
To engage in a spree, especially one involving extravagant spending or revelry.
They spreed through their savings in less than a month.
spreeadjektiv
Characterised by or involving a brief but intense burst of activity.
Several spree killings shocked the nation that year.