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freaking

/ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/

freaking adjective: fucking. Also the present participle and gerund of freak.

Adjective

freaking (not comparable)

  1. (US, euphemistic, slang, minced oath) Fucking.
    • You're getting on my freaking nerves!
  2. (obsolete) Freakish.
    • Thence home and visited Sir J. Minnes, who continues ill, but is something better, there he told me what a mad freaking fellow Sir Ellis Layton hath been, and is, and once at Antwerp was really mad.1665 January 25, Samuel Pepys, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 4, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 318

Adverb

freaking (not comparable)

  1. (US, euphemistic, slang) Fucking.
    • You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?
    • He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.

Noun

freaking (countable and uncountable, plural freakings)

  1. (dated) A streak or variegation in a pattern.
    • For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings, for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.1926, Hildegarde Hawthorne, Corsica, the Surprising Island, page 216
    • […] so through every conceivable shade of red, lilac and purple to a vinous maroon of the deepest dye, with freakings and freckles and all manner of fantastic adornments.1937, My Garden, volume 10, page 234
  2. A sexual style of dance similar to daggering.

Also used as

freaking is also the present participle and gerund of freak.

Examples of freaking in a sentence

  • I might be willing to set him up, but not with someone who's freaking perfect.
  • Marcus Seltz, who can take down a bucket of crab legs like a freaking combine.
  • But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out.

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Synonyms of freaking

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Forms of freaking

pluralfreakings

Words formed from freaking

Phrases with freaking

Words that rhyme with freaking

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Questions about freaking

What does freaking mean?
Freaking means fucking.
What part of speech is freaking?
Freaking can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce freaking?
Freaking is pronounced /ˈfɹiːkɪŋ/.

Words near freaking in the dictionary

  1. freakily
  2. freakin
  3. freakin'
  4. freakiness
  5. freakinesses
  6. freaking
  7. freaking gosh
  8. freaking off
  9. freaking out
  10. freakings
  11. freakish

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