Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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freeloaders here. We are going to have to
ask to see tickets.

free lunchn. something free. (Often neg-
ative.) There is no such thing as a free
lunch. There’s always somebody who’ll
do anything to get a free lunch.


free riden. an easy time; participation
without contributing anything. Yo u’ v e
had a free ride long enough. You have to
do your share of the work now. No more
free rides around here. Get off your duff
and get a job!


free shown. a peek at a private part of
someone’s body, usually a woman. 
Martin looked like the type who was al-
ways waiting for a free show that was never
to be. A true gentleman takes no notice
of a “free show.”


free tripn. an echo or a flashback of an
LSD experience. (Drugs.) The kid got
a free trip, and it scared her to death. 
If these free trips continue, we may have to
run some tests.


free-wheeling mod. lacking restraint;
flamboyant and uncontrolled. These
high-spending, free-wheeling palm-press-
ers appear out of nowhere at election time.
She’s too free-wheeling. She’s a free-
wheeling executive type.


freeze 1. n. the act of ignoring someone;
the cold shoulder. Everybody seems to
be giving me the freeze. I got the freeze
from Julie. What did I do wrong? 2. tv. to
ignore someone; to give someone the
cold shoulder. Don’t freeze me, gang!
I use a mouth wash! They froze him be-
cause he didn’t send thank-you notes for
his birthday presents. 3. in. to hold per-
fectly still. (Also a command given by a
police officer that implies there is a gun
pointed at a suspect.) I froze, and the
bull didn’t see me. The fuzz shouted,
“Freeze, or you’re dead meat!”


freeze someone out 1. tv. to make it too
cold for someone, usually by opening
windows or through the use of air con-
ditioning. (See also play freeze-out.) 
Turn up the heat unless you’re trying to
freeze us out.TAre you trying to freeze out
everybody? Close the door. 2. tv. to lock


someone out socially. We didn’t want
to freeze you out. You failed to pay your
dues, however. TThey froze out the new-
comers.

freezing coldmod. very cold. It’s freez-
ing cold out there. I won’t go out in
freezing cold weather. Why does it have
to be so freezing cold?

French 1. n. an act of oral sex. (Usually ob-
jectionable.) How much is a French at
a cathouse like that? 2. mod. referring to
oral sex. (Usually objectionable.) He
tried some French stuff on her, and she
nearly killed him. 3. tv. to perform oral
sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.)
He wanted her to French him. 4. tv. &
in. to kiss someone using the tongue; to
French kiss. We were Frenching when
the teacher came in. I wouldn’t French
her on a bet!

French-fried-fuckGo to flying-fuck.

French kiss 1. n. kissing using the tongue;
open-mouth kissing. What’s French
about a French kiss? I didn’t know
whether I was going to get a French kiss
or a fish-kiss. 2. tv. to kiss someone us-
ing the tongue. Kids like to try to
French kiss each other at an early age. It’s
part of growing up. He tried to French
kiss me, but I stopped him.

fresh 1. mod. cheeky; impudent. Ken
sure is fresh sometimes. Kids get some
pretty fresh ideas. 2. mod. a little aggres-
sive sexually; prone to caress too eagerly.
Hey, buster! Don’t get fresh with me! 
He got fresh, so I slapped him. 3. mod.
cool;okay. Gee, that’s not fresh. Too
bad. That stuff ’s really fresh. It’s a win-
ner. 4. mod. good-looking. Wendy is
fresh and smart too. Tom is fresh and
buff.

fresh and sweetmod. just out of jail.
(Streets.) Tracy is fresh and sweet and
back on the street. Hey, Lefty, you look
all fresh and sweet.

fresh as a daisymod. someone who is al-
ways alert and ready to go. How can
you be fresh as a daisy so early in the
morning? I always feel fresh as a daisy.

fresh as a daisy
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