"freck" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more freck [comparative], most freck [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛk Head templates: {{en-adj}} freck (comparative more freck, superlative most freck)
  1. (Scotland) prompt; eager Tags: Scotland Synonyms: frack
    Sense id: en-freck-en-adj-FP5aaOJK Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-freck.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frecks [present, singular, third-person], frecking [participle, present], frecked [participle, past], frecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: Compare freak (transitive verb), freckle. Etymology templates: {{m|en|freak|pos=transitive verb}} freak (transitive verb), {{m|en|freckle}} freckle Head templates: {{en-verb}} freck (third-person singular simple present frecks, present participle frecking, simple past and past participle frecked)
  1. (transitive, rare, poetic) To checker; to diversify. Tags: poetic, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-freck-en-verb-tsp76wK1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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