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/frēk/
noun
  1. a very unusual and unexpected event or situation.
    "the teacher says the accident was a total freak"
    synonyms: unusual, anomalous, atypical, untypical, unrepresentative, abnormal, aberrant, irregular, fluky, exceptional, unparalleled, unaccountable, bizarre, peculiar, odd, freakish, unpredictable, unforeseeable, unexpected, unanticipated, surprise, surprising, rare, singular, isolated, backasswards, fluke, anomaly, aberration, rogue, rarity, quirk, oddity, outlier, edge case, unusual occurrence, peculiar turn of events, twist of fate, chance, coincidence, hazard, accident, mistake
  2. a person, animal, or plant with an unusual physical abnormality.
    "a few freaks have been discovered, one amazing cat tipping the scales at no less than 43 lbs"
    synonyms: aberration, abnormality, irregularity, oddity, monster, monstrosity, malformation, mutant, freak of nature
  3. a person who is obsessed with or unusually enthusiastic about a specified interest.
    "a fitness freak"
    synonyms: enthusiast, fan, fanatic, addict, devotee, lover, master, wizard, expert, aficionado, buff, fiend, nut, maniac, ace, maven, geek, jock, fundi
  4. a sudden arbitrary change of mind; a whim.
    "follow this way or that, as the freak takes you"

verb
  1. behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion, mental illness, or drugs.
    "I could have freaked out and started smashing the place up"
    synonyms: go crazy, go mad, go out of one's mind, go to pieces, crack, snap, lose control, lose one's self-control, lose control of the situation, act wildly, panic, get worked up, get hysterical, lose it, crack up, lose one's cool, go bananas, blow one's top, fly off the handle, go crackers, throw a wobbly, blow one's stack
  2. fleck or streak randomly.
    "the white pink and the pansy freaked with jet"

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