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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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[From freak.]

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freak¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

[of obscure origin]

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freak² Rare

n

a fleck or streak of colour

vb

(tr) to streak with colour; variegate

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

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

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

(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.

Translations

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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 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 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 intoilija mordu (de) 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 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 흥분하다 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