freak-out

or freak·out (frēk′out′)

n. Slang

1. An experience of frightening feelings or hallucinations, especially due to taking a drug.

2. An experience or scene of unrestrained excitement or irrational behavior.

3. One having such an experience or participating in such a scene.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

freak-out

informal an episode of bizarre experience or behaviour

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

freak′-out`

or freak′out`,

n. Slang.

1. an act or instance of freaking out.

2. a person who freaks out.

[1965–70]

Translations

freak-out

[ˈfriːkaʊt] N → desmadre m; (= party) → fiesta f loca; (on drug) → viaje m

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-out

n (sl) (dated: = party) → Haschparty f (inf); (= drug trip) → (Wahnsinns)trip m (inf)

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

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Later still, Cage does his patented freak-out -- and it's also in one take, the actor swigging vodka and howling at the moon in his Y-fronts in an exhibition of grief that's both ludicrous and touching, and touching for being so ludicrous.

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As all around us hippies transformed into shaking blobs of hair, a freak-out ritual designed to show the transcendent effect of the music, we sat there bemused and just a little intimidated.

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And yes, that last one caused a moment of silent reverence among all of us seated in the presenters' area, as well as not just a few 'Star Wars' nerd freak-outs. He was so sweet and gracious to all of us who asked for a photo.

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