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

freak

verb
 
/friːk/
 
/friːk/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they freak
 
/friːk/
 
/friːk/
he / she / it freaks
 
/friːks/
 
/friːks/
past simple freaked
 
/friːkt/
 
/friːkt/
past participle freaked
 
/friːkt/
 
/friːkt/
-ing form freaking
 
/ˈfriːkɪŋ/
 
/ˈfriːkɪŋ/
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  1. if somebody freaks or if something freaks them, they react very strongly to something that makes them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened, etc.
    • freak (out) My parents really freaked when they saw my hair.
    • freak somebody (out) Snakes really freak me out.
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.
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