spree

Etymology
. According to Douglas Harper's Online Etymological Dictionary, "a word of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Barnhart] an alteration of French esprit "lively wit" (see esprit). According to Klein, Irish spre seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr. Watkins proposes a possible origin as an alteration of Scots spreath "cattle raid," from Gaelic sprédh, spré, "cattle; wealth," from Middle Irish preit, preid, "booty," ultimately from Latin praeda "plunder, booty"".

Noun

 * 1)  Uninhibited activity.
 * 2)  A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
 * 1)  A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
 * 1)  A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
 * 1)  A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

Usage notes

 * Often preceded by the name of a certain activity to indicate a period of doing that activity wholeheartedly and continuously, for example,.

Translations

 * Estonian:
 * French:
 * Galician: frenesí
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: はめをはずす
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Zazaki: şênayi


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:, jooming
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: daorach

Verb

 * 1)  To engage in a spree.

Noun

 * 1) frolic