freak

  1. Noun.  A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
  2. Noun.  (context, UK) A fellow; a petulant, young man.
  3. Noun.  A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice.
  4. Noun.  Someone or something that is markedly unusual.
  5. Noun.  (context, of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.
  6. Noun.  (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).
  7. Noun.  A person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
  8. Noun.  A very sexually perverse individual, usually used affectionately or in another good willed context.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance.
  10. Verb.  (transitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To streak.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive) To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
  14. Adjective.  strange, weird.

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