spree

Etymology

Unknown. Some theories listed at Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “spree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

noun

1. (in combination) Uninhibited activity.
   spending spree
   Then all three major builders were called upon to deliver 105 Berkshires before the buying spree was over. 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam’s Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 27
   Twitter has been on a hiring spree, spending $630 million on stock-based compensation in 2021, a 33 percent increase from the previous year. 2022-04-25, Kate Conger, “Twitter Employees Search for Answers as Musk Deal Takes Shape”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. (dated) A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

verb

1. (intransitive, rare) To engage in a spree.
   And I never spreed with the fellows as a student any more than I had enjoyed myself with the lads in the playground. 1892, Leonard Merrick, chapter V, in The Man Who Was Good, published 1921