freaking
present participle of freak
freaking (plural freakings)
(dated) A streak or variegation in a pattern.
freaking (not comparable)
(minced oath, slang, chiefly, US, euphemism) Fucking.
(obsolete) Freakish.
• Freaking is often used in motion pictures as a substitute for fucking so that characters can be shown to swear without the motion picture incurring censorship or a higher certificate than it otherwise might.
• effing, flaming, flipping, fricking
freaking (not comparable)
(euphemistic, slang, US) Fucking.
Source: Wiktionary
Freak"ing, a.
Definition: Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys.
Freak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Freaking.] Etym: [Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne, Dan. fregne, Gr. prsçni variegated. Cf. Freckle, Freck.]
Definition: To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.] Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson.
Freak, n. Etym: [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedly, Goth. faĂhufriks avaricious.]
Definition: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
Syn.
– Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See Whim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
