freak

freak ¹

 (frēk)

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 one regarded as a curiosity.

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

 (frēk)

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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[From freak.]

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freak

(friːk)

n

1. (Biology) a person, animal, or plant that is abnormal or deformed; monstrosity

2.

a. an object, event, etc, that is abnormal or extremely unusual

b. (as modifier): a freak storm.

3. a personal whim or caprice

4. informal a person who acts or dresses in a markedly unconventional or strange way

5. informal a person who is obsessed with something specified: a jazz freak.

vb

See freak out

[C16: of obscure origin]

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freak

(friːk)

n

a fleck or streak of colour

vb

(tr) to streak with colour; variegate

[C17: from earlier freaked, probably coined by Milton, based on streak¹ + obsolete freckt freckled; see freckle]

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freak¹

(frik)

n.

1. an abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly.

2. a person or animal on exhibition as an example of a strange deviation from nature.

3. a sudden and apparently causeless change; caprice.

4. a capricious notion.

5. Slang.

a. a habitual user or addict.

b. enthusiast.

adj.

6. unusual; odd; irregular: a freak epidemic.

v.t., v.i.

7. to make or become frightened, nervous, or excited.

8. freak out, Slang.

a. to become irrational or hallucinate under the influence of a drug.

b. to lose or cause to lose emotional control.

[1555–65]

freak²

(frik)

v.t.

1. to fleck, streak, or variegate: great splashes of color freaking the sky.

n.

2. a fleck or streak of color.

[appar. introduced by Milton in Lycidas (1637)]

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freak

Past participle: freaked
Gerund: freaking

Imperative

freak

freak

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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

adjective

1. abnormal, chance, unusual, unexpected, exceptional, unpredictable, queer, erratic, unparalleled, unforeseen, fortuitous, unaccountable, atypical, aberrant, fluky (informal), odd, bizarre The ferry was hit by a freak wave off the coast.

noun

1. (Informal) enthusiast, fan, nut (slang), addict, buff (informal), fanatic, devotee, fiend (informal), aficionado He's a self-starting computer freak.

2. aberration, eccentric, anomaly, abnormality, sport (Biology), monster, mutant, oddity, monstrosity, malformation, rara avis (Latin), queer fish (Brit. informal), teratism Not so long ago, transsexuals were regarded as freaks.

3. weirdo or weirdie, eccentric, crank (informal), 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) (informal) The cast consisted of a bunch of freaks and social misfits.

verb

1. (often with out) go crazy, snap, flip (slang), go berserk, go bananas (slang), fly off the handle (informal), throw a wobbly (slang), go off the deep end (informal), lose your mind, lose your cool (informal), go out of your mind, flip your lid (slang), go off your rocker (slang), behave in a wild way, go off your head (slang) I saw five cop cars pull in and I freaked.

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freak

noun

1. Slang. A person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity:

bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, zealot.

Informal: buff, fan, fiend.

Slang: nut.

2. An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind:

bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim, whimsy.

Idiom: bee in one's bonnet.

3. A person or animal that is abnormally formed:

monster, monstrosity.

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Translations

إنسان شديد الحَماسغَريب، اسْتِثْنائي

abnormálnostfandamimořádný úkazneobvyklý

fanfreaknørdsjældensjældenhed

FreakLaunelaunenhaft

αποκλίνωνφρικιό

anomalíafanáticofenómenomonstruo

aberrantmorduphénomène

bolondja

maîur meî tiltekna dellunáttúruduttlungur; viîundur

bizzarriaeccezione

kas pamišęs dėl ko norspašėltipatrakti

ar kaut ko pārmērīgi aizrāvies cilvēksdīvainībadīvainsfansuntums

-apostelfrikkuriøsitetskjebnens lunevanskapning

vrtošivý

hastahilkat garibesitutkun

成瘾者畸形的人

freak

[friːk]

A. N

1. (= person) → monstruo m, fenómeno m; (= plant, animal) → monstruo m; (= event) → anomalía f
a freak of nature → un fenómeno de la naturaleza
the result was a freak → el resultado fue totalmente anómalo

2. (= enthusiast) → fanático/a m/f, adicto/a m/f
health freak → maniático/a m/f en cuestión de salud
peace freak → fanático/a m/f de la paz
see also Jesus B

B. ADJ (= abnormal) [storm, conditions] → anómalo, anormal; [victory] → inesperado

C. VI = freak out

D. VT = freak out

E. CPD freak show N (at circus etc) → espectáculo m de fenómenos de feria (fig) → espectáculo m de bichos raros

freak out

A. VI + ADV (= get excited) → flipar, alucinar; (on drugs) → viajar, flipar

B. VT + ADV (= frighten) → dejar helado
see also freak-out

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

freak

[ˈfriːk]

n

(= odd person) → bête f curieuse

(pejorative) (= fanatic) health freak → obsédé(e) m/f de la santé
fitness freak → sportif/ive m/f acharné(e)

(= abnormal person) (offensive) → monstre m

adj (= very unusual) [event, action, accident] → insolite

vi [person] (= go crazy) → péter un plomb , péter un câble

freak out

vi [person] (= feel scared and disorientated) → flipper

vt
to freak sb out → déboussoler qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

freak

n

(= abnormal plant) → Missbildung f; (= person, animal) → Missgeburt f, → Missbildung f; freak of nature → Laune f → der Natur

(= abnormal event) → außergewöhnlicher Zufall; (= snowstorm etc) → Anomalie f

(dated sl: = hippy) → ausgeflippter Typ (sl)

(inf) jazz/movie freak → Jazz-/Kinofreak m (inf); health/fitness freak → Gesundheits-/Fitnessfreak m (inf)

(inf: = weird person) → Irre(r) mf; he looked at me as though I were some sort of freak → er sah mich an, als ob ich vom Mond wäre

adj weather, conditions → anormal, abnorm; wave → ungewöhnlich hoch; storm → ungewöhnlich stark; accident, error → verrückt; victory, goal → überraschend; (Statistics) values → extrem

vi (inf) → ausflippen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

freak

[friːk]

1. n (abnormal, person) → fenomeno da baraccone; (animal, plant) → mostro; (event) → avvenimento eccezionale (fam) (enthusiast) → fanatico/a
a freak of nature → un capriccio della natura
the result was a freak → il risultato è stato un caso eccezionale
health freak (fam) → salutista m/f

2. adj (storm, conditions) → anormale; (victory) → inatteso/a

freak out vi + adv (fam) (get angry) → uscire dai gangheri; (get excited) → andare su di giri; (on drugs) → andare fuori di testa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

freak

(friːk) noun

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 anomalia abnormálnost, mimořádný úkaz; neobvyklý die Laune, launenhaft sjældenhed; sjælden τέρας, αλλόκοτο φαινόμενο fenómeno veidrus, veidrik عجیب و غریب eriskummallinen phénomène; extraordinaire יוֹצֵא דוֹפֶן असामान्य fanatik, čudak, nakaza; čudan, nakazan szeszély aneh náttúruduttlungur; viðundur fenomeno; capriccio 珍奇なもの 변덕 užgaida, keistenybė, išdaiga; keistas untums; dīvainība; dīvains aneh abnormaliteitkuriøsitet, skjebnens lune, vanskapning kaprys/dziw natury هوس، بوالهوسى، وسواس عجيب، غير طبيعى غير عادى سړى يا شى 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 fanático fanda der Freak nørd; fan; freak μανιώδηςfanático -hull مردۀ چیزی intoilija mordu מְשוּגָע לְ- अजीब fanatik, obožavatelj vminek a bolondja keranjingan maður með tiltekna dellu fan ～狂 괴짜, 열광자 kas pamišęs dėl ko nors ar kaut ko pārmērīgi aizrāvies cilvēks; fans kemaruk fanaatfrik, –narkoman, –apostel maniak غير طبيعى 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 to become very excited, especially because of having taken drugs (noun ˈfreak-out)

wild raak يُصاب بِنَزْوَه شديده получавам халюцинации в следствие на наркотик excitar-se zfetovat se ausflippen flippe ud έχω παραισθήσεις, φρικάρωflipar, 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 흥분하다 pašėlti, patrakti apdullināties ar narkotikām; narkomāns menjadi gila-gila over zijn toeren raken frike ut wpaść w trans نشه كيدل 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

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freak

n (vulg) monstruo; vi to — out (fam) agitarse, trastornarse, reaccionar de una manera exagerada

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