Freak
WordNet

noun


(1)   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"
(2)   A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

verb


(3)   Lose one's nerve
"When he saw the accident, he freaked out"
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
  2. An oddball, especially in physiology; unique in a displeasing way.
  3. A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).
  4. A person who has an obsession or extreme knowledge of a something.
  5. A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context.

Verb



  1. To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance
    • 1994, James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-On-Black Love Story, (Alyson Publishing), page 107
      But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out. I missed him.
  2. To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug
    • 1992, Peter G. Stafford, Psychedelics Encyclopedia, (Ronin Publishing), page 56
      "[...] Harvard have compiled a list of LSD's contributions—largely missing before then—to our popular language: turned on, straight, freak, freaked out, stoned, [...]"
  3. To streak
    • 1930, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books, (Literary Criticism), page 20
      "[...] in fine diaper of silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure; Now scurrying close overhead, wild ink-hued random racers that fling sheeted [...]"
  4. To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
  5. To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure
 
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