spree

Everyday

1. A short time when you do a lot of something you enjoy, without holding back: a shopping spree, a spending spree. tree →
2. A wild time of fun. tree →
3. (serious, news) a spree of crimes means many crimes one after another. tree →

In the lessons

A word for doing too much at once. In everyday life: a shopping spree, a chocolate spree. In The Wind in the Willows Toad goes on a spree of buying motor cars and crashing them. In money lessons a spending spree can empty your savings fast.

Examples

• Mum went on a shopping spree in the sales. tree →
• He spent all his pocket money in one spree. tree →
• Toad's motor-car spree ended in court. tree →
• The kids had a cake-baking spree on Saturday. tree →
• After the spending spree, there was no money left for the bills. tree →
• The team went on a scoring spree in the second half. tree →
• Monday mawnin' he'd git on a spree, en all dat week he'd be on a spree, en de nex' Monday mawnin' he'd take a fresh start. tree →

Note

Countable noun. Usually «go on a spree». In money problems «spree» means spending lots quickly — check how much is left.