Collocations for freak - noun
1. strange/unusual event
FREAK + NOUN
accident, result, storm, wave
A driver was killed in a freak accident when a cow fell from a bridge. | The manager described the 8-0 defeat as a freak result.
A driver was killed in a freak accident when a cow fell from a bridge. | The manager described the 8-0 defeat as a freak result.
PREP.
~ of
This was no more than a freak of history.
This was no more than a freak of history.
PHRASES
by some freak of sth
By some freak of fate, she won an enormous sum of money.
By some freak of fate, she won an enormous sum of money.
2. person with a very strong interest in sth
ADJ.
computer, fitness, health, speed
For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.
For the real speed freak, there is a 2-litre, fuel-injection version of the car.
control
Her dad seems to be a bit of a control freak, always keeping a close watch on what anybody''s doing.
Her dad seems to be a bit of a control freak, always keeping a close watch on what anybody''s doing.
PHRASES
a bit of a freak
3. sb who is considered to be strange
VERB + FREAK
feel | regard sb as
Other students regarded him as a freak.
Other students regarded him as a freak.
PHRASES
a bit of a freak
I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.
I felt a bit of a freak in my strange clothes.