freak

freak
I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1563 1. a. a sudden and odd or seemingly pointless idea or turn of the mind b. a seemingly capricious action or event 2. archaic a whimsical quality or disposition 3. one that is markedly unusual or abnormal: as a. a person or animal having a physical oddity and appearing in a circus sideshow b. slang (1) a sexual deviate (2) a person who uses an illicit drug c. hippie d. an atypical postage stamp usually caused by a unique defect in paper (as a crease) or a unique event in the manufacturing process (as a speck of dirt on the plate) that does not produce a constant or systematic effect 4. a. an ardent enthusiast <
film freaks
>
b. a person who is obsessed with something <
a control freak
>
II. adjective Date: circa 1887 having the character of a freak <
a freak accident
>
III. verb Date: 1964 transitive verb 1. to make greatly distressed, astonished, or discomposed — often used with out <
the news freaked them out
>
2. to put under the influence of a psychedelic drug — often used with out intransitive verb 1. to withdraw from reality especially by taking drugs — often used with out 2. to experience nightmarish hallucinations as a result of taking drugs — often used with out 3. a. to behave irrationally or unconventionally under the influence of drugs — often used with out b. to react with extreme or irrational distress or discomposure — often used with outfreaked adjectivefreaked-out adjective IV. transitive verb Etymology: perhaps from or akin to 1freckle Date: 1637 to streak especially with color <
silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure — Robert Bridges †1930
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • freak — freak …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Freak — Freak …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • freak — [ frik ] n. • 1966; mot angl. amér. « monstre » ♦ Anglic. Jeune refusant les valeurs de la société bourgeoise sans pour autant appartenir à un mouvement. Spécialt Toxicomane qui consomme des drogues dures. ⊗ HOM. Fric. ● freak nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • freak — freak1 [frēk] n. [Early ModE < ? OE frician, to dance (> ME freking, whim, capricious conduct)] 1. a) a sudden fancy; odd notion; whim b) an odd or unusual happening 2. any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity ☆ 3. Slang …   English World dictionary

  • freak — (n.) 1560s, sudden turn of mind, of unknown origin, perhaps related to O.E. frician to dance (not recorded in M.E., but the word may have survived in dialect) [OED, Barnhart], or perhaps from M.E. frek bold, quickly, from O.E. frec greedy,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • freak|y — «FREE kee», adjective. freak|i|er, freak|i|est, noun, plural freak|ies. –adj. 1. = freakish. (Cf. ↑freakish) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Freak — Freak, v. i. 1. to react with irrationality or extreme emotion; to lose one s composure; often used in the phrase {freak out}. [PJC] 2. to become irrational or to experience hallucinations under the influence of drugs; often used in the phrase… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Freak — Freak, n. [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. fa[ i]hufriks avaricious.] 1. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • freak — s.m. e f.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} appartenente a un movimento giovanile degli anni Settanta che esprimeva il distacco critico dalla società attraverso un abbigliamento stravagante e un comportamento individualista e anticonvenzionale; anche… …   Dizionario italiano

  • freak — [n1] something, someone very abnormal aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo*; concepts 424,580 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

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