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English Dictionary: freak	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for freak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
freak n a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed Synonym(s): freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" Synonym(s): addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky v lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out" Synonym(s): freak out, freak, gross out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freak \Freak\ (fr[emac]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freaked} (fr[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Freaking}.] [Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fr[84]kne, Dan. fregne, Gr. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni variegated. Cf. {Freckle}, {Freck}.] To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.] Freaked with many a mingled hue. --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Freak \Freak\, n. [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedy, Goth. fa[a1]hufriks avaricious.] A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. --Spectator. Syn: Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See {Whim}.