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defreaking

defreaking is the present participle and gerund of defreak.

Meaning of defreak

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

Questions about defreaking

What is defreaking the present participle and gerund of?
Defreaking is the present participle and gerund of defreak.

Words near defreaking in the dictionary

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

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