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Definition of freak adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

freak

adjective
 
/friːk/
 
/friːk/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of an event or the weather) very unusual and unexpected
    • a freak accident/storm/occurrence
    • freak weather conditions
    • The manager described the 8–0 defeat as a freak result.
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.
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