Definition of freak Freak

/fɹiˈk/ - [freek] - freak

We found 24 definitions of freak from 6 different sources.

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What does freak mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: freaks

freak - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
  mutant, mutation, sport, variation an animal that has undergone mutation
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, nut, junkie, junky
  enthusiast, partizan, partisan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • freak (Noun)
    A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
  • freak (Noun)
    A fellow; a petulant, young man.
  • freak (Noun)
    A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
  • freak (Noun)
    Someone or something that is markedly unusual.
  • freak (Noun)
    A hippie.
  • freak (Noun)
    A drug addict .
  • freak (Noun)
    A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology i. e. , "circus freak"; unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.
  • freak (Noun)
    A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos 260 pounds.
  • freak (Noun)
    An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
  • freak (Noun)
    A very sexually perverse individual.
  • freak (Verb)
    To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance.
  • freak (Verb)
    To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug.
  • freak (Verb)
    To streak; to variegate.
  • freak (Verb)
    To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations nightmarish, to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
  • freak (Verb)
    To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
  • freak (Adjective)
    strange, weird.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • freak (v. t.)
    To variegate; to checker; to streak.
  • freak (n.)
    A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • freak
    A person who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • freak
    frēk, n. a sudden caprice or fancy: sport: an abnormal production of nature, a monstrosity.—ns. Freak′iness, Freak′ishness.—adjs. Freak′ish, Freak′ful, apt to change the mind suddenly: capricious.—adv. Freak′ishly. [A late word; cf. A.S. frícian, to dance.]
  • freak
    frēk, v.t. to spot or streak: to variegate.—n. a streak of colour

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  • freak, verb, present, 1st person singular of freak (infinitive).
  • freak, verb (infinitive).
  • freak, noun, singular of freaks.

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