freak

freak
I UK [friːk] / US [frɪk] noun [countable]
Word forms "freak":
singular freak plural freaks
1) something with very unusual features that make it very different from other things of its type
2) someone who looks strange or who behaves in a strange way

If you don't like sport they regard you as a freak.

3) informal someone who is extremely interested in a particular subject or activity

a fitness/health freak

a freak of fate/fortune/chance — mainly literary something that happens by chance although it was very unlikely to happen


II UK [friːk] / US [frɪk] adjective
extremely unusual and unexpected

a freak hailstorm in summer

He was killed in a freak accident.


III UK [friːk] / US [frɪk] verb [intransitive/transitive]
Word forms "freak":
present tense I/you/we/they freak he/she/it freaks present participle freaking past tense freaked past participle freaked informal
freak or freak out to become or make you become so angry, surprised, excited, or frightened that you cannot control yourself

She just freaked when she saw the police.

Meeting my dad again after all these years really freaked me out.


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  • 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

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