freak

Meaning

Noun

1. Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
2. A hippie.
3. A drug addict.
4. (derogatory, slang) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
5. A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (120 kg).
6. An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
7. (endearing, informal, sometimes) A very sexually perverse individual.
8. A wild dance.
9. (dated) A sudden change of mind.
10. (dated) A streak of colour; variegation.
11. (euphemistic, form-of) Euphemistic form of fuck (“smallest amount of concern or consideration”).

Verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
2. (ambitransitive, slang) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
3. (dated, transitive) To streak; to variegate

Adj

Strange, weird, unexpected.

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Synonyms

monster

whim

caprice

fancy

abnormal

unusual

prank

escapade

trick

strange

addict

vagary

mutation

eccentric

monstrosity

junkie

crank

bizarre

cripple

freak out

gross out

variety

lusus naturae

freakish

outlandish

abortion

novelty

mutant

nut

junky

exception

odd

geek

lunatic

character

deviant

curiosity

capriciousness

barmy

curd

cumin

cum

crotchetiness

buttermilk

aficionado

abnormity

fuck

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futz

frock

frig

Translations

Freak

monstruo

monstre

monstruosidad

Monstrosität

original

caprice

Laune

mostro

monstruositat

τέρας

Spinner

anormal

anormal

monstre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹiːk/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: frekynge

Inherited from Middle English: friken

Inherited from Old English: frician

Cognate with Old High German: freh

Cognate with Old English: frēcne

Inherited from Middle English: freke

Inherited from Old English: freca

Cognate with Old Norse: freki

Cognate with German: frech

In summary

First appears c. 1567. The sense "sudden change of mind, a whim" is of uncertain origin. Probably from a dialectal word related to Middle English frekynge (“capricious behavior; whims”) and Middle English friken, frikien (“to move briskly or nimbly”), from Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or Middle English frek (“insolent, daring”), from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“hard, efficient, greedy, bold, audacious”) (in which case, it would be related to the noun under Etymology 2). Compare Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English frēcne (“dangerous”).
For the meaning development compare Russian заско́к (zaskók) akin to скок (skok), скака́ть (skakátʹ).

Sentences

Class was dismissed due to a freak incident caused by a chemical spill .