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freak
noun [C] (STRANGE) /friːk/Definition
› a thing, person, animal, or event that is extremely unusual or unlikely, and not like any other of its type: I was born with black hair all over my back, like some sort of freak. The pearl is so big that it has been described as a freak of nature.humorous At my school you were regarded as a freak if you weren't interested in sport.Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
(Definition of freak noun (STRANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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