Antonyms for spree

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spree

Phonetic Transcription : spri

Definition of spree

Origin : frolic, drinking bout," 1804, slang, perhaps an alteration of French esprit "lively wit" (see esprit). Irish spre seems to be a loan-word from Old Norse sprakr.

noun wild activity

Example sentences :

It was a spree I had had with the harbor, from the time I was seven until I was ten.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I thought of the years I had spent with Sam—and Sue, too, seemed to me to be having a spree.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

He was having a spree with the harbor, as I had had when as small as he.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

The company consisted of half-a-dozen Irish harvesters “on the spree.”
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

This was evidently going to be a spree on a most superb scale.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Bedad 'tis not the first time that Ballymurky's been on the spree.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 » by Various

They thought to have a bloomin' lark and two or three days' spree.
Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad

One day, after a spree, he went on the Board wild and flurried.
Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick

This was quite a spree for the General, and quite his own spree.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

The Major was always a wag, ripe and ready for a spree or a lark.
Extract from : « Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. » by Pierce Egan

Synonyms for spree

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