Meaning

(slang) A nerdy engineer or engineering student..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) A nerdy engineer or engineering student.
2. (slang) An engine nerd; someone extremely knowledgeable in (especially car) engines.

Example Sentences

I peered through the peephole in the door to see who was out there. Standing outside my door was, what I was later to discover, a typical enginerd.

Being the only female graduate student in the lab without other women "enginerds" to guide me may have felt lonely and discouraging at times, but ever present are the examples set by my true mentors; Emily Girardi Lamps, Florence Mac Donnall Cragan, Elizabeth Jane Cragan, Kathleen Elizabeth Cragan, Jessica Jean Cragan, and Hilary Elisabeth Hauk: whose strength, intelligence, and compassion are my constant inspiration.

His [Zuckerberg's] detachment and arrogance is emphasized from the beginning scene, with enginerd Zuckerberg dissecting the lopsided proportion of genius IQs in China vs. the United States, bringing up his 1600 SAT score and then going on to demean his girlfriend's intellectual prowess with "You don’t need to study, because you go to BU!"

Mississippi State University revealed their hybrid BRZ on a grand stage last week at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress event in Detroit. What they showed all the enginerds at the show was that you can build a high fuel-efficiency car without necessarily sacrificing driving enjoyment.

If someone were to ask us to explain it, we'd first ask, 'How much do you want to know?', followed by, 'How much time do you have?'. Because this thing is complex. Even describing the powertrain is something only worthwhile in the company of fellow enginerds.

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