| Front | freak |
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| Back | freak noun, adjective, verb BrE /friːk/ NAmE /friːk/ noun word origin example bank 1 (informal) a person with a very strong interest in a particular subject a health/fitness/jazz, etc. freak see also control freak 2 (disapproving) a person who is considered to be unusual because of the way they behave, look or think She was treated like a freak because she didn't want children. He's going out with a real freak. 3 (also ˌfreak of ˈnature) (sometimes offensive) a person, an animal, a plant or a thing that is not physically normal 4 a very unusual and unexpected event By some freak of fate they all escaped without injury. adjective word origin [only before noun] (of an event or the weather) very unusual and unexpected a freak accident/storm/occurrence freak weather conditions verb verb forms word origin [intransitive, transitive] (informal) if sb freaks or if sth freaks them, they react very strongly to sth that makes them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened, etc ~ (out) My parents really freaked when they saw my hair. ~ sb (out) Snakes really freak me out. |
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