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jamboree

noun

ˌjam-bə-ˈrē

Definition of jamboree

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town

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Recent Examples of jamboree This fall, as the season approached, the Cyclones played in a jamboree, featuring half-court scrimmage games with other college teams. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Gather up your pals for a juke-joint jamboree, then read on for a list of the biggest snubs and surprises of the 98th Oscars. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026 Netflix often has a healthy contingent on the Lido, and Fincher’s last film (also for Netflix), The Killer, launched at the Italian jamboree, while two of his last five films debuted at the New York Film Festival. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026 The Blue Feather Music Festival, an annual, volunteer-run event, is an art and music jamboree that supports young Indigenous performers. — Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jamboree

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Noun

And her giving spree shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon, despite having donated nearly half of her net worth.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 July 2026
My spree took under 20 minutes and almost no effort, a much easier proposition than hitting multiple stores to try to find these pieces.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of spree

Noun

For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.

— Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
The Burgess Park/Blessington Street Basin spin is easy duty really compared to the Finsbury Park/Ranelagh Gardens spin, where I was laid out once like a drunk for a good half hour.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Definition of drunk

Noun

The Peacock drama felt engineered for nothing more than capturing a weekend crowd, the kind of binge that dominates social media for three days and is then forgotten entirely.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026
But Junior Caminero, who celebrated his 23rd birthday Sunday but didn’t extend his homer binge of 11 over 11 games, popped out, which ended Lambert’s day.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Definition of binge

Noun

The next scene fast-forwards to the present, where Gigi is passed out in a bed in Hollis’s house after a bender.

— Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
Fast forward to 1953 and the Delage was apparently involved in a fender-bender and dispatched to famed coachbuilder Saoutchik for repairs.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

Definition of bender

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