/friːk/
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Translation
A person or thing that is very strange or very different from normal.
Word origin
An English word from the sixteenth century for a sudden whim; its earlier origin is not certain.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- freak
Grammar
Gender
Pluralfreaks
Examples
dressed .
Used about a person, "freak" is rude and unkind.
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Before a noun it means very unusual.
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"Freak out" is a phrasal verb meaning to panic.
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