geek
IPA: gˈik
noun
- (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
- (colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.
- (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
- (uncountable, colloquial) The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.
- (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
- (Australia, colloquial) A look.
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.
- (Cornwall) To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
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Examples of "geek" in Sentences
- I'm a certifiable geek.
- The geeks were the nerds.
- He looks like such a geek.
- No one wants to be the geek.
- Okay, I am the hugest geek in the world.
- Screech is seen as the geek of his peer group.
- Do you enjoy watching the geeks perform at the circus
- The rest of the time he was a backroom guy, an electon geek.
- As well as children's underwear with Geek and Cody's visage on the garments.
- The contestant and the geek alternate questions, beginning with the contestant.
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