spree

spree
n
1. frolic, outing, romp, lark, gambol, rollick, frisk; escapade, antic, adventure; celebration, gala affair, wing-ding, Inf. get-together, Irish. hooley; merrymaking, revelry, jollification, Inf. goings on.
2. fling, bout, carouse, carousal, revel, wassail; drinking bout, drunk, brannigan, bouse, guzzle, drunken carouse or revel, potation, compotation, bacchanal, bacchanalia; Inf. binge, Inf. booze, Sl. bender, Sl. hellbender, Sl. bust, Sl. drunk, Sl. toot, Sl. tear, Sl. jag, Sl. bat, Sl. bar hop, Sl. bar-crawl, Brit. Sl. pub-crawl; orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia.

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  • Sprée — (la) (en all. Spree) riv. d Allemagne (403 km); naît en haute Lusace, à la frontière tchèque; passe à Berlin; se jette dans la Havel (r. dr.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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