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
Just in time for the real-life Eurovision Song Contest, the TARDIS takes a detour to the 2925 version of the annual song and dance jamboree.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Starting at $46 Denver Arts Festival The annual fine arts and crafts jamboree highlights local artists at the Conservatory Green in the Central Park neighborhood.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
The weekly, fun-in-the-sun outing is a free jamboree every Friday, for nine weeks, beginning May 2 and running through late June.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
After launching as an annual event in 2018, the three-day jamboree has welcomed such headliners as Peso Pluma (2024), Rauw Alejandro (2024), Daddy Yankee (2022), Ozuna (2021), Bad Bunny and Cardi B (2019), and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
Starting at $46 Denver Arts Festival The annual fine arts and crafts jamboree highlights local artists at the Conservatory Green in the Central Park neighborhood.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 23 Mar. 2025
The weekly, fun-in-the-sun outing is a free jamboree every Friday, for nine weeks, beginning May 2 and running through late June.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
After launching as an annual event in 2018, the three-day jamboree has welcomed such headliners as Peso Pluma (2024), Rauw Alejandro (2024), Daddy Yankee (2022), Ozuna (2021), Bad Bunny and Cardi B (2019), and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jamboree
Noun
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In 2014, Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning the gun on himself.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Just before that occurrence, a 14-year-old, wearing an ankle monitor due to his arrest for a prior crime, went on a 24-hour crime spree.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
Noun
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What amazing feats the confidence of the drunk can accomplish.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Sometimes rough language is all a drunk can understand.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Streaming, with its binge model and personal-device availability, made viewing increasingly less about a family or group of friends gathering around a flat-screen and more about everyone balancing their laptop on their stomachs or hunching over their phones.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Netflix shows can do the same thing even with a binge model — but Pulse simply isn’t the same kind of big, showy event series as a Wednesday or Squid Game or even Department Q.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Noun
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If Florida’s central Gulf Coast — traditionally a magnet for Midwestern retirees and spring break beach benders — is worthy of world-class architecture and a high-society brand like Waldorf Astoria, who’s to say Raleigh-Durham and Colorado Springs aren’t next?—
Peter Lane Taylor,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Digs, seams, benders, posts — Ward will make his money in the NFL on aggressive routes between the numbers.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Jamboree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jamboree. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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