Freak Out (2004 film)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)

verb


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


Coined in the Mothers of Invention album Freak Out.

Verb


freak out
  1. To react (or cause to react) with extreme anger or fear to something to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally; originally, to suffer an unexpected and severe bad reaction from the recreational use of a psychotropic - usually hallucinogenic - drug,
    • 1991, Thelma and Louise (movie)
      Jimmy'll come in off the road, you won't be there, he'll freak out and call you a hundred thousand times...
 
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