freak out
A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drugA negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.
» Are you freaking out?
Drehst du gerade durch? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ти психуєш? — deniko
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(dated, slang)A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.
- a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
Examples
305 sentencesAre you freaking out?
Ти психуєш? — deniko
deDrehst du gerade durch? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom's parents freaked out.
Батьки Тома злякалися. — deniko
deToms Eltern sind ausgeflippt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't freak out.
Не лякайся. — shanghainese
ruНе кипишуй. — Karok
deFlipp nicht aus! — al_ex_an_der
Tom freaked out and started screaming.
ruТом взбесился и начал орать. — yatomoya
Tom said that he freaked out.
Origin
From freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or exFrom freak + out. Countercultural slang, originally referring to a positive reaction or experience from the use of a psychotropic, usually a hallucinogenic or psychedelic drug. First use appears c. 1966 in several newspapers, particularly in the Independent (Long Beach, California).
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