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Definition of Freak
1. Noun. A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.
Specialized synonyms: Leviathan
Generic synonyms: Mutant, Mutation, Sport, Variation
Derivative terms: Monstrous, Monstrous, Monstrous
2. Verb. Lose one's nerve. "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"
3. Noun. Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. "A news junkie"
Generic synonyms: Enthusiast, Partisan, Partizan
Specialized synonyms: Gym Rat
Derivative terms: Addict
Definition of Freak
1. v. t. To variegate; to checker; to streak.
2. n. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
Definition of Freak
1. Noun. A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man. ¹
2. Noun. (context: UK dialectal Scotland) A fellow; a petulant, young man. ¹
3. Noun. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. ¹
4. Noun. Someone or something that is markedly unusual. ¹
5. Noun. A hippie. ¹
6. Noun. A drug addict. ¹
7. Noun. (context: of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way. ¹
8. Noun. (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds). ¹
9. Noun. An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something. ¹
10. Noun. A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context. ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance ¹
12. Verb. (transitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug ¹
13. Verb. (transitive) To streak ¹
14. Verb. (intransitive) To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use. ¹
15. Verb. (intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure ¹
16. Adjective. strange, weird ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Freak
1. to streak with color [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freak
Literary usage of Freak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"But by some strange freak of chance no one sees it. His part is not yet played out.
The man who ten years back, and one year later, was looked on as a ..."
2. Northmost Australia: Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and by Robert Logan Jack (1921)
"THE "freak" BEFORE relating the story of the rescue of the two survivors of the
... In the afternoon of \th May, 1849, the " freak " anchored near Round ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"See above ; and see Affray, [t] freak (i), a whim, caprice. ... Der freak-isk,
Pope, \Vife of Bath, 91. freckle is the diminutive ; see Freckle. ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1811)
"Mr. freak. Did the mayor come down to declare the election T Winst. ... Mr. freak.
What did you hear the sheriffs siy, or see them do ? ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See DIVERSION, PLAT, PLAYTHING, freak, BUTT, FROLIC, SPORTSMAN, JEST. X. In a
generic sense: play, game, fun; spec, joke, jest. spout, vt & i. ..."
6. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... the Notorious Desperado — An Arrant Coward — The Influence of Drink — Strange
freak of a Man of Wealth — A Tender Heart Beneath a Rough Exterior ..."
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