Definitions for freak

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Spelling: [freek]

IPA: /frik/

Freak is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in freak (aefkr).

Definitions for freak

noun

1. any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
2. a person or animal on exhibition as an example of a strange deviation from nature; monster.
3. a sudden and apparently causeless change or turn of events, the mind, etc.; an apparently capricious notion, occurrence, etc.:
4. Numismatics. an imperfect coin, undetected at the mint and put into circulation.
5. Philately. a stamp differing from others of the same printing because of creases, dirty engraving plates, etc. Compare error (def 8), variety (def 8).
6. Slang. a person who has withdrawn from normal, rational behavior and activities to pursue one interest or obsession: a devoted fan or follower; enthusiast: a hippie.
7. Archaic. capriciousness; whimsicality.
8. a fleck or streak of color.

adjective

1. unusual; odd; irregular:

Verb phrases

1. freak out, Slang. to enter into or cause a period of irrational behavior or emotional instability, as under the influence of a drug: to lose or cause to lose emotional control from extreme excitement, shock, fear, joy, despair, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to fleck, streak, or variegate:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to become or make frightened, nervous, or wildly excited:

Origin of freak

1555-65; 1965-70 for def 6; perhaps akin to Old English frīcian to dance

Examples for freak

This freak of figure and dress was Thunder-maker, the great Medicine Man of the tribe.

freak Show, then, by its very name should be his crowning achievement.

Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?

After her husband dies in a freak accident, Regal moves to Tel Aviv.

Nothing as to the manners of the times can be inferred from this freak of an individual.

And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time.

He seems to think that I am a sort of a rara avis, a freak of nature.

American Horror Story: freak Show, it seems, is a revenge tale.

That is why we feel that freak Dinners would not even be freakish.

If she found the man, by some freak of chance, what would she do with him?