FREAKS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Freak

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

mid 16th century (in freak (sense 4 of the noun)): probably from a dialect word

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: friːk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a very unusual and unexpected event or situation

Short Definition:

very unusual and unexpected event

Examples:
  • the teacher says the accident was a total freak
  • a freak storm
Definition:

a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality

Short Definition:

abnormal person or thing

Examples:
  • a few freaks have been discovered, one amazing cat tipping the scales at no less than 43 lbs
  • a freak red cabbage with side shoots coming from the leaves
Definition:

a person who is obsessed with a particular activity or interest

Short Definition:

person obsessed with particular activity

Examples:
  • a fitness freak
Definition:

a sudden arbitrary change of mind; a whim

Short Definition:

whim

Examples:
  • follow this way or that, as the freak takes you

Word: Freak

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: friːk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion or drugs

Short Definition:

behave in wild and irrational way

Examples:
  • he freaked out and smashed the place up
  • what he'd said had really freaked her out
Definition:

fleck or streak randomly

Short Definition:

fleck or streak randomly

Examples:
  • the white pink and the pansy freaked with jet

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