a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

[ Syn: monster , monstrosity , lusus naturae ]

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; a golf addict; a car nut; a bodybuilding freak; a news junkie

[ Syn: addict , nut , junkie , junky ]

lose ones nerve; When he saw the accident, he freaked out

[ Syn: freak out , gross out ]