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defreak

defreak verb: to cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.

Verb

defreak (third-person singular simple present defreaks, present participle defreaking, simple past and past participle defreaked)

  1. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
  2. (colloquial, rare, transitive) To cause no longer to be freaked out; to calm down.
    • I tell myself this is progress. After all, the first step to defreaking arachnaphobes is to hand them a picture of a cute baby spider; the big-hairy-tarantula-fondling comes later.2016, Anna Maxted, Running In Heels, page 304

Forms of defreak

third-person singular presentdefreaks
present participledefreaking
past participledefreaked
pastdefreaked

Origin of defreak

From de- + freak.

Questions about defreak

What does defreak mean?
Defreak means to cause no longer to be freakish, or a freak.
What part of speech is defreak?
Defreak is a verb.
What is the past tense of defreak?
The past tense of defreak is defreaked.

Words near defreak in the dictionary

  1. defrayers
  2. defraying
  3. defrayment
  4. defrayments
  5. defrays
  6. defreak
  7. defreaked
  8. defreaking
  9. defreaks
  10. Defreese
  11. Defreeses

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