freak
Pronunciation: /fɹiːk/
The English word “freak” has 15 meanings listed here.
noun
- Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- A hippie.
- A drug addict.
- A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- A very sexually perverse individual.
- A wild dance.
- A sudden change of mind.
- A spot or streak of colour.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- A fellow; a petulant young man.
verb
- To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
adjective
Etymology
The verb is a variant of freck. The noun is derived from the verb.
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