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freak ¹  (frk)

n.

1. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular: A freak of nature produced the midsummer snow.

2. An abnormally formed organism, especially a person or animal regarded as a curiosity or monstrosity.

3. A sudden capricious turn of mind; a whim: "The freaks of the psyche can no more be explained than the Devil" (Maurice Collis).

4. Slang

a. A drug user or addict: a speed freak.

b. An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture.

c. An enthusiast: rock music freaks.

adj.

Highly unusual or irregular: a freak accident; a freak storm.

intr. & tr.v. freaked, freak·ing, freaks Slang

1. To experience or cause to experience frightening hallucinations or feelings of paranoia, especially as a result of taking a drug. Often used with out.

2. To behave or cause to behave irrationally and uncontrollably. Often used with out.

3. To become or cause to become greatly excited or upset. Often used with out.

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freak ²  (frk)

n.

A fleck or streak of color.

tr.v. freaked, freak·ing, freaks

To speckle or streak with color: "the white Pink, and the Pansy freaked with jet" (John Milton).

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freak

Noun

1. a person, animal, or plant that is abnormal or deformed

2. an object, event, etc., that is abnormal: a statistical freak

3. Informal a person whose appearance or behaviour is very unusual

4. Informal a person who is very enthusiastic about something specified: a health freak

Adjective

abnormal or unusual: a freak accident [origin unknown]

freakish adj
freaky adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	freak - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed lusus naturae, monstrosity, monster leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks" mutant, mutation, sport, variation - (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
	2.	freak - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" addict, junkie, junky, nut enthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa
Verb	1.	freak - lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out" freak out, gross out panic - be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

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freak

modifier 1. abnormal, chance, unusual, unexpected, exceptional, unpredictable, queer, erratic, unparalleled, unforeseen, fortuitous, unaccountable, atypical, aberrant, fluky (informal) odd, bizarre

noun 2. (Informal) enthusiast, fan, nut (slang) addict, buff (informal) fanatic, devotee, fiend (informal) aficionado

noun 3. aberration, eccentric, anomaly, abnormality, sport Biology monster, mutant, oddity, monstrosity, malformation, rara avis (Latin) queer fish Brit. (informal) teratism

noun 4. (Informal) weirdo or weirdie, (informal) eccentric, oddity, case (informal) character (informal) nut (slang) flake (slang), chiefly U.S. oddball (informal) nonconformist, screwball (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. odd fish (informal) kook U.S., Canad. (informal) queer fish Brit. (informal)

Translations

freak [friːk] n (person) → fenómeno;

(event) → suceso anormal;

(col) (= enthusiast); adicto/a

adj [storm, conditions] → anormal;

health freak (col) → maniático/a en cuestión de salud

freak out vi (col) (on drugs) → flipar

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freak [friːk] n (= eccentric person) → phénomène m (= unusual event); hasard m extraordinaire;

(pej) (= fanatic);

health food freak → fana m/f or obsédé(e) de l'alimentation saine adj [storm] → exceptionnel(le); [accident] → bizarre

freak out vi (inf) (= drop out); se marginaliser: (on drugs) → se défoncer

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freak [friːk] n → Irre(r) f(m);

(in appearance) → Missgeburt f;

(event, accident) → außergewöhnlicher Zufall m;

(pej) (fanatic);

health freak → Gesundheitsapostel m

freak out freak (inf) vi → aussteigen;

(on drugs) → ausflippen

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freak [friːk] n → fenomeno, mostro;

(col) (= enthusiast); fanatico/a

adj [storm, conditions] → anormale; [victory] → inatteso/a

freak out vi (col) → andare fuori di testa

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freak

n freak [friːk]

1 an unusual or abnormal event, person or thing A storm as bad as that one is a freak of nature; (also adjective ) a freak result. frats غَريب، اسْتِثْنائي особняк abnormálnost, mimořádný úkaz; neobvyklý sjældenhed; sjælden die Laune, launenhaft τέρας, αλλόκοτο φαινόμενο fenómeno veidrus, veidrik عجیب و غریب luonnonoikku, kummajainen phénomène; extraordinaire יוֹצֵא דוֹפֶן असामान्य fanatik, čudak, nakaza; čudan, nakazan szeszély aneh náttúruduttlungur; viðundur fenomeno; capriccio 珍奇なもの 갑작스러운 일, 이례적인 것, 별난 사람 užgaida, keistenybė, išdaiga; keistas untums; dīvainība; dīvains aneh abnormaliteit kuriøsitet, skjebnens lune, vanskapning kaprys/dziw natury anomalia (fenomen) ciudat причуда; уродец vrtoch; vrtošivý igra; kaprica nakaza nyck, märkvärdighet, missfoster ประหลาด hilkat garibesi 畸形的人(物) химера; каприз خلاف معمول واقعہ ، شخص ، یا شے người, vật, sự kiện kỳ quặc 畸形的人（物）

2 a person who is wildly enthusiastic about something a film-freak. rolprententoesias إنسان شديد الحَماس почитател fanda nørd; fan; freak der Freak μανιώδης fanático -hull مردۀ چیزی hullu, intoilija mordu (de) מְשוּגָע לְ- अजीब fanatik, obožavatelj vminek a bolondja keranjingan maður með tiltekna dellu fan ～狂 ...광(狂), 열중하는 사람 kas pamišęs dėl ko nors ar kaut ko pārmērīgi aizrāvies cilvēks; fans kemaruk fanaat frik, –narkoman, –apostel maniak fanático maniac (după) фанатик fanúšik navdušenec zaluđenik fantast, fanatiker ผู้คลั่งไคล้ tutkun, hasta 成癮者 фанат کسی خبط میں مبتلا شخص người hâm mộ 成瘾者

freak out

wild raak يُصاب بِنَزْوَه شديده получавам халюцинации в следствие на наркотик zfetovat se flippe ud ausflippen έχω παραισθήσεις, φρικάρω flipar, alucinar (omadega) segi minema نشئه شدن seota se défoncer לְהִשתוֹלֵל औषधि के प्रभाव से उत्तेजित होना pasti u trans (od droge), izbezumiti se; izbezumljenost, ludovanje kiborul kegila-gilaan fara yfir um eccitarsi 麻薬で陶然とする 약물 복용으로 흥분하다; 환각제를 먹다 pašėlti, patrakti apdullināties ar narkotikām; narkomāns menjadi gila-gila over zijn toeren raken frike ut wpaść w trans excitar-se a fi surescitat одурманиваться nafetovať sa ponoreti uznemiriti se bli hög (påtänd) ตื่นเต้นมาก (เพราะยาเสพติด) şiddetli taşkınlıklar yapmak 極度興奮 одурманюватися برہمی، پریشاں خیالی cảm thấy đê mê 极度兴奋