Geek

/ɡiːk/ · noun

Meaning

(dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior..

Definitions by Sense

1. (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
2. (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.
3. (colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
4. (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.
5. (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
6. (intransitive) To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.
7. (intransitive, colloquial) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.
8. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.

Example Sentences

I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

You hand in your ticket / And you go watch the geek / Who immediately walks up to you / When he hears you speak / And says, “How does it feel to / be such a freak?”

I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.

Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.

My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.

I challenge these geeks to show a little spirit and produce an 81 tier bonfire by Friday night. It would also be nice to see a few kegs and some spirit around their awaited creation each night. Until then I rest my case.

i eschew the use of "foo" "bar" and other dill-beak geek dull unimaginative temporary filenames! i find it much better to use names like: ingracl-bbp.goo or dog or ignatz

The community of radio amateurs—trespassing fiddlers on the cutting edge of technological possibilities—prefigured the geek community that was to inhabit Silicon Valley 50 years later.

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• geeks
• geeking
• geeked

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