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freaking

American  
[free-king, -in] / ˈfri kɪŋ, -ɪn /
Also freakin’,

adjective

Slang.

  1. (used as an intensifier).

    You’re a freaking genius!
freaking British  
/ ˈfriːkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. slang (intensifier)

    his freaking mother; this is freaking weird
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of freaking

First recorded in 1925–30; freak 1 + -ing 2; euphemistically echoing frigging and fucking

Example Sentences

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And I don’t think anybody in this organization should be kind of freaking out and jumping out of their seats for the six or seven minutes that it happened.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

So why is the market increasingly freaking out now?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

"That was a freaking great game for us," Lee said.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

“Bitcoin is crashing and investors are freaking out,” Anthony Pompliano, a crypto evangelist and investor, wrote Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Markie smells like all that, plus he’s so freaking hyper and chatty that I know why his parents make such a fuss about “date night” just to get away from him once a week.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

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