😱 Sudden panic 🎉 Noisy party

freakout

7.8

A loud wild party where people are noisy and out of control

noun
/ˈfriːkaʊt/

Informal

: fiesta descontrolada

During the summer festival, the neighborhood hosted a freakout that lasted all night, filled with music and laughter.

Examples

Lisa stops living with Maggie. That Valentine’s Day freakout notwithstanding, Lisa seems like a sweet, normal girl—and getting entangled with the wacky folks at News Night has brought her nothing but grief.

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The concert turned into a real freakout, with fans dancing wildly and cheering loudly.
At the annual Halloween party, there was a major freakout as everyone joined in the crazy dance competitions.

Synonyms

blowout

vsfreakout

Informal

17 4.4

A large, lively party to celebrate something

is a noisy wild gathering marked by unruly behavior

Antonyms

ceremonial occasion

Formal

1 4.9

A formal gathering with planned rituals to mark an important event

How Wild

freakout

Informal

7.8

rave

39 7.2

bash

Informal

56 4.2

party

∞ 1.0

get-together

Informal

46 1.9

Surface Forms

freakout singular

freakouts plural

Morphology

freakout = freak + out (opaque) = freak + out

Although the form is built from 'freak out', the specialized meaning 'an informal wild party' is not directly predictable from the component meanings.

Etymology

Freakout is also used for a wild party and comes from the same slang freak out, with freak meaning 'someone who acts wildly' and out meaning 'fully' or 'completely'. That's why a freakout can mean a noisy, out-of-control gathering.