spree

3 definitions • 7 examples

a short period of doing a particular activity much more than is usual:

I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.

20 people were shot dead in the city, making it the worst killing spree since the riots.

After such a spree of wins, it seems unfair to talk too much about the team's weaknesses.

a short period of doing something in an extreme way without control:

a shopping/spending spree

a period of time during which there is a lot of activity of a particular type, especially when this involves spending money:

An ambitious public spending spree has created a huge hole in the Treasury's finances.

Consumers continued their Christmas shopping spree into the New Year.

on a spree Several large corporations took advantage of the volatile stock market to go on an acquisition spree.