freak-out

noun

ˈfrēk-ˌau̇t 

1

: an act or instance of freaking out

2

dated : a gathering of hippies

Examples of freak-out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Much of the freak-out was fed by polls supposedly showing Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco atop the field. — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Here are some common culprits of both types of skin freak-outs. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 May 2026

The episode was almost entirely about Margo and her continued freak-out. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026

Goldman Reinforced The Shift If the legal news was a spark, the Goldman announcement just days later was gasoline on the industry freak-out fire. — Cat Casey, Forbes.com, 6 Mar. 2026

For now, though, Chang is in her bubble up north and witnessing most of the freak-outs remotely and not in person. — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026

Somebody, the woman had just a little bit of a freak-out for lack of a better term. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026

After Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary this summer, some high-end real-estate brokers confessed to having something of a freak-out. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2025

But that possibility is literally dynamited in a vision Daria has of the home abruptly blown to smithereens, the destruction replayed in slo-mo to the crashing squeals of early Pink Floyd, itself a collapse of psychedelic rock’s utopian ideals into acid-casualty freak-out. — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for freak-out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout