фрик — meaning in English

English meaning

• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• freak noun A person, animal, or thing that is highly unusual or abnormal.
• wingnut noun A tree from Asia that loses its leaves each year, of the genus Pterocarya.

Senses

фрик is used for these senses in English:

• crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
• freak (slang, chiefly, derogatory) A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, or business practices; an oddball, a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
• freak An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
• wingnut (informal, derogatory, political) A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.

crank — full definition

1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

freak — full definition

1. noun A person, animal, or thing that is highly unusual or abnormal.
2. noun A person with an intense enthusiasm for something (informal).
3. verb To react with sudden panic, shock, or excitement (often "freak out").
4. adj Highly unusual or unexpected.

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