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spree

/spriː/

Translations

spreenoun

sprees

/spriː/

frénésieSens général : période d’activité intense et souvent incontrôlée.

After receiving his bonus, he went on a shopping spree.

Après avoir reçu sa prime, il est entré dans une frénésie d’achats.

Additional translations

excèsS’emploie pour une consommation ou des dépenses excessives, surtout dans un contexte neutre.

viréeFamilier ; s’emploie surtout pour une sortie ou une période de réjouissances excessives.

Synonyms

spreeverb

spreed

Past Simple

spreed

Past Participle

spreeing

Gerund

Intransitive verb meaning ‘to engage in a spree’, attested since 19ᵗʰ c.

faire des foliesSurtout pour des dépenses excessives ou des excès de plaisirs.

They spreed through their savings in less than a month.

Ils ont fait des folies avec leurs économies en moins d’un mois.

Additional translations

se livrer à des excèsPlus neutre et plus général que « faire des folies ».

Synonyms

run riot

spreeadjective

/spriː/

Used attributively before another noun (spree killer, spree shooting) and behaves like a non-gradable descriptive adjective.

frénétiqueSe dit d’une activité brève mais intense.

Several spree killings shocked the nation that year.

Plusieurs tueries frénétiques ont choqué le pays cette année-là.

Definitions

spreenoun

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.

spreeadjective

Characterised by or involving a brief but intense burst of activity.

Several spree killings shocked the nation that year.