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freak

UK/fɹiːk/ US/fɹiːk/ common informal slang uk
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

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”
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verb

1.

lose one''s nerve

  • “When he saw the accident, he freaked out”
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Phrases

  • circus freak
  • clean freak
  • control freak
  • eagle freak
  • fly the freak flag
  • freak flag
  • freak folk
  • freak of nature
  • freak off
  • freak out

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