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freak out en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From 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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(dated, slang) A negative or unpleasant experience with LSD or another psychedelic drug.
Forms
Antonyms
bum trip · bummer
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freak out en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From 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).
Meanings
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(informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
When Peter saw the nail poking up through his foot, he freaked out and started hyperventilating.
Jimmy'll come in off the road, you won't be there, he'll freak out and call you a hundred thousand times...
1991, Callie Khouri, Thelma & Louise:
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(informal, transitive) To scare or unnerve someone.
Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):Don't take off your shirt when working behind the counter. You'll freak the customers out.
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(informal, intransitive) To be upset or nervous; to be scared or unnerved.
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(informal, intransitive) To adopt an unconventional (especially countercultural) persona or appearance.
Formed in the heart of the British Invasion in 1964 as the Nevadas, the Jacks decided to freak out and grow their hair long.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 213:On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express CREATIVELY his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole.
1966, Frank Zappa, “Freak Out! liner notes”, in Freak Out!:
Forms
Antonyms
bum out
Descendants
fricote
Synonyms
flip shit · flip one's shit · flip out · set one's hair on fire
Translations (71)
pt assustar (scare someone) · it sclerare (react with anger or fear) · fi pimahtaa (react with anger or fear) · ru пуга́ть (scare someone) · it spaventare (scare someone) · es escandalizarse (react with anger or fear) · cs ztratit hlavu (react with anger or fear) · fr disjoncter (react with anger or fear) · pl panikować (react with anger or fear) · cmn 嚇壞 /吓坏 (react with anger or fear) · fr faire paniquer (scare someone) · ja 腹が立つ (react with anger or fear) · fi pelottaa (scare someone) · de ausrasten (react with anger or fear) · fr paniquer (react with anger or fear) · ja 怖がらせる (scare someone) · fr s'affoler (react with anger or fear) · pl przestraszać (scare someone) · cs začít šílet (react with anger or fear) · cmn 發瘋 /发疯 (react with anger or fear) · cs vyšilovat (react with anger or fear) · ru охуева́ть (react with anger or fear) · ru выходи́ть из себя́ (react with anger or fear) · es friquear (scare someone) · ko 지랄하다 (react with anger or fear) · ru испуга́ть (scare someone) · ko 겁주다 (scare someone) · eo konsterniĝi (react with anger or fear) · ru офигева́ть (react with anger or fear) · es rayarse (react with anger or fear) · hu bedilizik (react with anger or fear) · es friquearse (react with anger or fear) · ar خرج عن طوره (react with anger or fear) · fr faire flipper (scare someone) · ru напуга́ть (scare someone) · ru охуе́ть (react with anger or fear) · it intimorire (scare someone) · ca ratllar-se (react with anger or fear) · cmn 嚇死 /吓死 (scare someone) · cs vyděsit se (react with anger or fear) · cmn 嚇 /吓 (scare someone) · uk виходити з себе (react with anger or fear) · cs šílet (react with anger or fear) · nl doordraaien (react with anger or fear) · de durchdrehen (react with anger or fear) · uk лякати (scare someone) · pl przestraszyć (scare someone) · ru обалде́ть (react with anger or fear) · da flippe ud (react with anger or fear) · fi seota (react with anger or fear) · cmn 嚇唬 /吓唬 (scare someone) · eo konsterni (scare someone) · ru обалдева́ть (react with anger or fear) · ru офиге́ть (react with anger or fear) · hu megőrül (react with anger or fear) · fi raivostua (react with anger or fear) · vi hoảng loạn (react with anger or fear) · pt amedrontar (scare someone) · it dare di matto (react with anger or fear) · pt surtar (react with anger or fear) · cs zpanikařit (react with anger or fear) · de ausflippen (react with anger or fear) · es encojonar (react with anger or fear) · ko 빡치다 (react with anger or fear) · es enloquecer (scare someone) · tr çıldırmak (react with anger or fear) · pl spanikować (react with anger or fear) · fr flipper (react with anger or fear) · pl straszyć (scare someone) · es trastornarse (react with anger or fear) · ru вы́йти из себя́ (react with anger or fear)
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