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freaky

English

Etymology

From freak +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?i?ki/
  • Rhymes: -i?ki

Adjective

freaky (comparative freakier, superlative freakiest)

  1. Resembling a freak.
  2. (slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual.
  3. (slang) Scary; frightening.
  4. (slang) Sexually deviant.

Derived terms

  • freaky-deaky
  • get freaky

Descendants

  • ? Spanish: friki

Translations

See also

  • get one's freak on

Anagrams

  • fakery

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oddball

English

Etymology

Compound of odd +? ball. Attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /???d?b?l/

Noun

oddball (plural oddballs)

  1. An eccentric or unusual person.
  2. (neuroscience) A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Synonyms

  • (eccentric or unusual person): kook, odd duck, strange fish, queer fish, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Translations

Adjective

oddball (not comparable)

  1. Exotic, not mainstream.

Translations

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