freak
To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposureTo react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Examples
419 sentencesTom is a freak.
Том потворний. — deniko
ruТом странный. — marafon
Are 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
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive, slang)To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
(ambitransitive, slang)To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- lose one's nerve
Forms
freaks, freaking, freaked, freakedTenses
freak · freaked · will freak · have freakedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbs- freak outвиходити з себевыйти из себя, выходить из себяausrastenescandalizarseflipperdare di mattopanikowaćçıldırmaksurtarinformalTo react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
- freak offslangTo masturbate or ejaculate; to have wild or unorthodox sex.
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- freaked out by
- was freaking out
- a control freak
- totally freaked out
- really freaked out
- control freak
- bit freaked out
- won't freak out
- freaked out when
- a bit freaked
- totally freaked
- a little freaked
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.