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Freak
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{n.}, {slang} 1. A good, or well-liked person, the opposite of a square, someone with long hair and who is likely (or known) to be a marijuana smoker or a drug user. Also said of homosexuals. * /Is Joe a square, establishment type? - Oh no, he's a regular freak./ 2. --- freak An enthusiast, a person who does or cultivates something in excess. * /Ellen is a film-freak./ FREAK-OUT(1) {n.}, {slang} An act of losing control; a situation that is bizarre or unusual. * /The party last night was a regular freak-out./
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~1 n 1 bike/fitness/film etc freak informal someone who is so interested in bikes, fitness etc that other people think they are strange or unusual (Carrot juice is a favourite with health-food freaks.) 2 someone who looks very strange or behaves in a very unusual way (Women who were good at physics used to be considered freaks.) 3 something in nature, such as a strangely-shaped plant or animal, that is very unusual (One of the lambs was a freak - it had two tails. | a freak of nature (=something physically strange or unusual)) (By some freak of nature there was a snowstorm in June.) 4 control freak someone who always wants to control situations and other people ~2 adj only before noun freak accident/storm/conditions etc an accident, storm etc that is unexpected and very unusual (A freak wave wrecked most of the seafront.) ~3 v informal especially AmE to become suddenly angry or frightened, especially so that you cannot control your behaviour (She freaked when she heard he was coming to the party.) freak out phr v informal to become very anxious, upset, or frightened, or make someone very anxious, upset or frightened (freak sb out) (It freaked me out to see him so depressed.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(freaks, freaking, freaked) 1. A freak event or action is one that is a very unusual or extreme example of its type. Weir broke his leg in a freak accident playing golf... ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you describe someone as a particular kind of freak, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about a thing or activity, and often seem to think about nothing else. (INFORMAL) Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year. ...computer freaks. = fanatic N-COUNT: n N see also control freak 3. People are sometimes referred to as freaks when their behaviour or attitude is very different from that of the majority of people. Not so long ago, transsexuals were regarded as freaks. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 4. If you refer to someone as a freak, you mean that they are physically abnormal in some way. This use could cause offence. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1563 1. a. a sudden and odd or seemingly pointless idea or turn of the mind b. a seemingly capricious action or event 2. archaic a whimsical quality or disposition 3. one that is markedly unusual or abnormal: as a. a person or animal having a physical oddity and appearing in a circus sideshow b. slang (1) a sexual deviate (2) a person who uses an illicit drug c. hippie d. an atypical postage stamp usually caused by a unique defect in paper (as a crease) or a unique event in the manufacturing process (as a speck of dirt on the plate) that does not produce a constant or systematic effect 4. a. an ardent enthusiast film ~s b. a person who is obsessed with something a control ~ II. adjective Date: circa 1887 having the character of a ~ a ~ accident III. verb Date: 1964 transitive verb 1. to make greatly distressed, astonished, or discomposed — often used with out the news ~ed them out 2. to put under the influence of a psychedelic drug — often used with out intransitive verb 1. to withdraw from reality especially by taking drugs — often used with out 2. to experience nightmarish hallucinations as a result of taking drugs — often used with out 3. a. to behave irrationally or unconventionally under the influence of drugs — often used with out b. to react with extreme or irrational distress or discomposure — often used with out • ~ed adjective • ~ed-out adjective IV. transitive verb Etymology: perhaps from or akin to 1freckle Date: 1637 to streak especially with color silver and mother-of-pearl ~ing the intense azure — Robert Bridges †1930 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 (also freak of nature) a monstrosity; an abnormally developed individual or thing. 2 (often attrib.) an abnormal, irregular, or bizarre occurrence (a freak storm). 3 colloq. a an unconventional person. b a person with a specified enthusiasm or interest (health freak). c a person who undergoes hallucinations; a drug addict (see sense 2 of v.). 4 a a caprice or vagary. b capriciousness. --v. (often foll. by out) colloq. 1 intr. & tr. become or make very angry. 2 intr. & tr. undergo or cause to undergo hallucinations or a strong emotional experience, esp. from use of narcotics. 3 intr. adopt a wildly unconventional lifestyle. Phrases and idioms freak-out colloq. an act of freaking out; a hallucinatory or strong emotional experience. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. f. dial. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. причуда; чудачество, каприз out of mere freak —- из чистой прихоти by some strange freak a little snow fell in Egypt —- по какому-то капризу природы в Египте выпало немного снега 2. уродец (также freak of nature) this calf is a freak, it has two tails —- этот теленок -монстр, у него два хвоста 3. урод, чудище, посмешище 4. сл. чудак; хиппи 5. сл. наркоман 6. ам. фанатик; помешанный на чем-л. film freak —- киноман 7. педераст, "гомик" 8. спец. ненормальный ход процесса 9. рад. внезапное прекращение или восстановление радиоприема 10. кин. профес. частота 11. аномальный, странный; причудливый freak weather —- капризная погода; погода не по сезону freak storm —- неожиданно налетевшая буря freak results —- рад. случайный прием отдаленных (коротковолновых) станций 12. капризничать, чудить; дурачиться 13. сл. приходить в возбуждение (особ. от наркотика) 14. приводить в возбуждение, ярость 15. цветная полоска; яркое пятнышко 16. покрывать яркими пятнышками или полосками; испещрять ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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out а) становиться возбужденным (особ. из-за наркотиков) Lots of people were at the party, drinking and smoking and generally freaking out. I nearly freaked out when she told me who he was. Dont get freaked out just because your parents are coming. Youd better sit down, this news will freak you out. б) вести себя необычно She used to be the most correct person, but then suddenly last year she decided to freak out. FREAK 1. noun 1) каприз; причуда; чудачество 2) уродец (тж. freak of nature) 3) coll. человек/явление, выходящее за рамки обычного 4) ненормальный ход (какого-л. естественного процесса) 5) radio внезапное прекращение или восстановление радиоприема 6) cin. частота 2. adj. coll. необычный, странный; причудливый 3. v. покрывать пятнами/полосами, испещрять; разнообразить - freak out ...Англо-русский словарь
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- probably related to O.E. frician "to dance." Sense of "capricious notion" (1563) and "unusual thing, fancy" (1784) preceded that in freak of nature (1847). The verb freak out is first attested 1965 in Amer.Eng., from freak (n.) "drug user" (1945), but the verb meaning "change, distort" goes back to 1911. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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