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- verb slang, intransitive To
react (or cause to react) with extremeanger orfear to something to the extent that one loses one's composure or behavesirrationally ; originally, to suffer an unexpected and severe bad reaction from the recreational use of a psychotropic - usually hallucinogenic - drug, - verb slang, transitive To
scare someone.
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- verb lose one's nerve
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
Etymologies
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Coined in the Mothers of Invention album Freak Out.
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