Spree vs Bingle - What's the difference?
spree | bingle |
(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
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As a proper noun spree
is a particular river that flows through lusatia (eastern germany) and into berlin, where it flows into the havel.As a noun bingle is
(australia|informal) a minor collision, especially between motor vehicles or bingle can be a hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle or bingle can be (baseball|slang) a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.spree
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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.Synonyms
* carousalDerived terms
* killing spree * shooting spree * shopping spreeAnagrams
* * *bingle
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)page 144,
- It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle . If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.
page 138,
- "I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle ." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.
page 163,
- ‘But you've still got your father?s car haven?t you?’
- ‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it?s fixed before he finds out.’