different between gambol vs spree

English

Etymology

From earlier gambolde, from Middle French gambade (modern gambade).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??æm.b?l/
• Rhymes: -æmb?l
• Homophone: gamble

Verb

gambol (third-person singular simple present gambols, present participle (UK) gambolling or (US) gamboling, simple past and past participle (UK) gambolled or (US) gamboled)

1. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
   • 1835: William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan: A Romance of the Revolution, chapter XI, page 134 (Harper)

     The lawn spread freely onward, as of old, over which, in sweet company, he had once gambolled.

   • In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into great leaps of excitement.
2. (Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.

Translations

Noun

gambol (plural gambols)

1. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
2. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

Translations

Tagalog

Adjective

gamból

1. badly beaten up (as of the body)
2. badly bruised (as of fruits, the body, etc.)

Derived terms

• gambulin
• gumambol

English

Etymology

Unknown. Some theories listed at Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “spree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

spree (plural sprees)

1. (in combination) Uninhibited activity.
   • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 27:

2. (dated) A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.

   Synonym: carousal

Usage notes

Often preceded by the name of a certain activity to indicate a period of doing that activity whole-heartedly and continuously, e.g. shopping spree.

Derived terms

• killing spree
• shooting spree
• shopping spree

Translations

Verb

spree (third-person singular simple present sprees, present participle spreeing, simple past and past participle spreed)

1. (intransitive, rare) To engage in a spree.

   Synonym: carouse

Further reading

• “spree”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “spree”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Perse, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, speer, spere