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fream

fream noun: social outsider, misfit, loser, usually restricted to males.

Noun

fream (plural freams)

  1. (US, slang) social outsider, misfit, loser, usually restricted to males
    • And it didn't matter much whether or not you owned a surfboard (though you probably did); unless you were a total fream (misfit), you went along with it to some extent.1992, Blake Bailey, The '60s, page 103
    • “I don’t think so, Ingrid. This is your day and I’m a fream who ain’t cool for this bit.” / “Nonsense, you belong here as much as anybody!”2006, Early Santee, Beloved Vagabond, →ISBN

Forms of fream

pluralfreams

Origin of fream

Probably a variant of freak.

Questions about fream

What does fream mean?
Fream means social outsider, misfit, loser, usually restricted to males.
What part of speech is fream?
Fream is a noun.
What is the plural of fream?
The plural of fream is freams.

Words near fream in the dictionary

  1. freakshow
  2. freakshows
  3. freaksome
  4. freaky
  5. freaky-deaky
  6. fream
  7. freams
  8. Frear
  9. Frears
  10. Freas
  11. freash

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