geek /ɡiːk/noun 6verb 5forms 3phrases 1 noun6 •(informal) 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.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. •(informal) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek. •(informal) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks. •(informal) 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.It is totally counter-intuitive. How do these ubernerds get the cute girls? Is it the ultimate triumph of the Bill Gates era, in which geek is the new cool? — 2005 •(old-fashioned) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken. •(Australia, informal) A look.Have a geek at this. verb5 •(informal) To enthusiastically engage in geek-like or nerdy interests.It was our first time at a Star Trek convention and we had an amazing time wandering around and geeking. •(slang) To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine.I ain't nothin' but a clucker, your typical glass dick suckin' basehead, geekin' motherfucker — 1994 •(slang) To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug. •To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.Geeking, unsurprisingly, was among the first carnival acts to be outlawed as the 20th century unfurled. — 1995 •To look; to peep; to stare about intently.This gayte bucca-davy, all'ys geekin' round arter a gook. — 1891 formsgeeked · geeking · geeks Phrases with geek geek outTo enthuse about a specific topic; to be engrossed in an interest, especially in discussing it with others.
