Fleaking vs Freaking - What's the difference?
fleaking | freaking |
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
A streak or variegation in a pattern.
* 1926 , Hildegarde Hawthorne, Corsica, the Surprising Island (page 216)
* 1937 , My Garden (volume 10, page 234)
(euphemistic, slang, vulgar, chiefly, US) Fucking.
(obsolete) freakish
(euphemistic, vulgar, slang, US) Fucking.
As nouns the difference between fleaking and freaking
is that fleaking is (uk|dialect|obsolete) a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses while freaking is a streak or variegation in a pattern.As a verb freaking is
.As an adjective freaking is
(euphemistic|slang|vulgar|chiefly|us) fucking.As an adverb freaking is
(euphemistic|vulgar|slang|us) fucking.fleaking
English
Noun
(-)- (Wright)
freaking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings , for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.
- so through every conceivable shade of red, lilac and purple to a vinous maroon of the deepest dye, with freakings and freckles and all manner of fantastic adornments.
Adjective
(-)- You're getting on my freaking nerves!
- (Samuel Pepys)
Synonyms
* effing, flaming, flipping, frickingUsage notes
* Freaking' is often used in motion pictures as a substitute for ' fucking so that characters can be shown to swear without the motion picture incurring censorship or a higher certificate than it otherwise might.Adverb
(-)- You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?
- He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.