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FREAKING
Verb
freaking
present participle of freak
Noun
freaking (plural freakings)
(dated) A streak or variegation in a pattern.
Adjective
freaking (not comparable)
(minced oath, slang, chiefly, US, euphemism) Fucking.
(obsolete) Freakish.
Usage notes
• 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.
Synonyms
• effing, flaming, flipping, fricking
Adverb
freaking (not comparable)
(euphemistic, slang, US) Fucking.
Source: Wiktionary
Freak"ing, a.
Definition: Freakish. [Obs.] Pepys.
FREAK
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. faíhufriks 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
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FIDDLE
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
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