If you spend a period of time doing something in an excessive way, you can say that you are going on a particular kind of spree. Some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax. A river, about 402 km (250 mi) long, of eastern Germany rising near the Czech border and flowing generally north to the Havel River at Berlin. a short period of time when you do a lot of one activity, especially spending money or drinking alcohol on a spree (Perhaps from spreath , from spreidh )