freakout
/ˈfɹikˌaʊt/noun
freakout is a noun meaning “A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-A-K-O-U-T and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freakout is freakouts.
What does freakout mean?
noun
- 1
slangA frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
- 2
slangAn occurrence of unrestrained or irrational behaviour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce freakout?
- US /ˈfɹikˌaʊt/
Freakout has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-freakout.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of freakout
- freakouts plural
- freak-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freakout?
Freakout appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with freakout
Also written: freak-out (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does freakout come from?
From freak + out, as a deverbal from freak out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).