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/ |
- 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.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally meaning a whim or sudden change of mind): probably from a dialect word.
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