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geek

  [geek]
noun Slang.
1.
a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
2.
a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
3.
a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
Origin:
1915- 20; probably variant of geck (mainly Scots ) fool < Dutch or Low German gek

Related forms
geek·y, adjective
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geek (ɡiːk)
 
—n
1.  a person who is preoccupied with or very knowledgeable about computing
2.  a boring and unattractive social misfit
3.  a degenerate
 
[C19: probably variant of Scottish geck fool, from Middle Low German geck]
 
'geeky
 
—adj

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Main Entry:  geek1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See gearhead
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Word Origin & History

geek
"sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a variant of geck "a fool, dupe, simpleton" (1515), apparently from Low Ger. geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Gmc. and Scand. meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat." The modern form and the popular use with
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ref. to circus sideshow "wild men" is from 1946, in William Lindsay Gresham's novel "Nightmare Alley" (made into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power).
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Slang Dictionary

geek definition


and geke
  1. n.
    a disgusting and repellent person; a creep. (Rude and derogatory.) : The convention was a seething morass of pushy sales geeks and glad-handers.
  2. n.
    an earnest student; a hardworking student. (Usually objectionable.) : It looks like the geeks are taking over this campus. How gross!
  3. n.
    a person, soldier, or civilian of an East Asian country, especially in wartime. (Rude and derogatory.) : Willy is tired of geeks and the way they talk.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

geek definition


computer geek

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