as in unusual
being out of the ordinary
even weather forecasters seemed surprised by the freak hailstorm
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
that snowstorm in April was a freak, since our weather is usually much balmier by then
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as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
I'm a hockey freak
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as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
suddenly had the bizarre freak to take a road trip across the country
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as in addict
slang
a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally
he knew that he'd never get his life in order if he continued to hang out with the crystal meth freaks
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Recent Examples of freak
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
Her young niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), is on a ski trip with her parents when, in a freak accident, their car is run over by a snowplow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2023
Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2023
The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
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An Army hockey player was cut in the neck in a freak accident during a game at Sacred Heart on Thursday night, leaving a bloody trail on the ice at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
Her young niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), is on a ski trip with her parents when, in a freak accident, their car is run over by a snowplow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2023
Noun
Here is the essential guide to making your house clean enough to satisfy your most critical inner neat freak and launch you into summer with a house that actually shines.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2023
The menu offers appetizers like hummus, 12-inch pizzas, like the meat freak, made with red sauce, mozzarella, sausage, bacon, pepperoni, grilled chicken and oregano flakes.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
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Although unusual, this display is likely not going to be as strong as 2024’s extreme G5 geomagnetic storms, the most powerful for two decades.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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While the sight might not have been unusual a few weeks prior, Garcia's neighbors had notably packed up and moved out several days earlier, leaving the property completely empty, aside from the mysterious brown dog.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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With layered monitoring in place that includes human-in-the-loop checkpoints, organizations can scale agentic AI safely and confidently by detecting anomalies, assessing trends, refining performance over time and supporting continuous learning.—
Ben Blanquera,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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For instance, John Thoppil, an obstetrician in Austin who supports the Texas clarification law, once had a patient whose fetus had a fatal anomaly.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
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Want to learn more about this space-saving audio system aimed directly at record lovers?—
Brad Moon,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Embrace the bizarre in mid-Michigan Mystery lovers, get ready for a lineup of everything weird and paranormal in mid-Michigan's downtown Charlotte.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This should be five-alarm fire for Wall Street, an institution that owes much of its success to the existence of a US monetary policy nerve center that is, by law and by tradition, insulated from the whims of any one party or politician.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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In this still-early stage of the AI boom, Silicon Valley, for all its impunity, has chosen not to voice robust ideas about democracy that differ substantively from the whims of a mercurial White House.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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Farrell’s study of a gambling addict is screen acting of a rare kind.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Rayya, who is an alcoholic and a heroin addict in recovery, has begun openly drinking again.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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And until the two men fell out this spring, Trump granted Tesla CEO Elon Musk an extraordinary amount of power to dismantle the federal workforce.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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Shooting for the stars and achieving the extraordinary is nothing new for elite athletes who reach the pinnacle of any sport.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Shahed warheads though have seen the biggest range of mutations, with a wide variety of different types discovered.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And then that mutation process continued into the edit.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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And the bent cherry sucker inside was a cute touch.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
25 Aug. 2025
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Seer sucker isn’t just for the Kentucky Derby anymore.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freak. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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