English

Verb

freaking

1. present participle of freak

Noun

freaking ‎(plural freakings)

1. (dated) A streak or variegation in a pattern.
   • 1926, Hildegarde Hawthorne, Corsica, the Surprising Island (page 216)

     For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings, for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.

   • 1937, My Garden (volume 10, page 234)

     […] so through every conceivable shade of red, lilac and purple to a vinous maroon of the deepest dye, with freakings and freckles and all manner of fantastic adornments.

Adjective

freaking ‎(not comparable)

1. (euphemistic, slang, vulgar, chiefly US) ****.

   You're getting on my freaking nerves!

2. (obsolete) freakish
   • 1665 January 25, Pepys, Samuel, Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, volume 4, Dodd, Mead & Company, published 1885, page 318:

     Thence home and visited Sir J. Minnes, who continues ill, but is something better, there he told me what a mad freaking fellow Sir Ellis Layton hath been, and is, and once at Antwerp was really mad.

Synonyms

• effing, flaming, flipping, fricking

Translations

Usage notes

• Freaking is often used in motion pictures as a substitute for **** so that characters can be shown to swear without the motion picture incurring censorship or a higher certificate than it otherwise might.

Adverb

freaking ‎(not comparable)

1. (euphemistic, vulgar, slang, US) ****.

   You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?

   He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.