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SPREE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief indulgence of your impulses

Synonyms:

fling; spree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spree" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spree"):

spending spree (a brief period of extravagant spending)

Derivation:

spree (engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "spree" is one way to...):

gratify; indulge; pander (yield (to); give satisfaction to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

spree (a brief indulgence of your impulses)

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