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freak
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
a) a user of a specified narcotic, hallucinogen, etc. [an acid freak]
b) a devotee or buff [a rock freak]
c) HIPPIE
4. Archaic capriciousness
5. Philately a postage stamp with an error that occurred in the printing or perforation process and is unique to the one stamp
adj.
oddly different from what is usual or normal; queer; abnormal [freak weather]
vt., vi.
Slang FREAK OUT (see phrase)
(see phrase)
——————
freak out or freak Slang
1. to experience, esp. in an extreme way, the mental reactions, hallucinations, etc. induced by a psychedelic drug
2. to make or become very excited, distressed, disorganized, etc.
freak2 [frēk]
vt.
[ult. < IE (s)p(h)ereg- > FRECKLE]
Rare to streak or fleck

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