Geek
noun
A person who is very knowledgeable about a specific topic.
He is such a geek, he knows everything about computers
Often appears as...
- computer geek
- tech geek
noun
A person who is socially awkward or disliked.
He's always acting so weird, what a geek!
Often appears as...
- acting like a geek
- such a geek
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In the past, a circus performer who did odd things like biting heads off chickens.
In the circus freak show, he was portrayed as a geek
Often appears as...
- circus geek
- freak show geek
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Disapproving
Literary
noun
A person who is very knowledgeable about a specific topic.
He is such a geek, he knows everything about computers
Often appears as...
- computer geek
- tech geek
noun
A person who is socially awkward or disliked.
He's always acting so weird, what a geek!
Often appears as...
- acting like a geek
- such a geek
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In the past, a circus performer who did odd things like biting heads off chickens.
In the circus freak show, he was portrayed as a geek
Often appears as...
- circus geek
- freak show geek
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for deep knowledge or passion in a subject.
Everyone admires Lisa for being a computer geek.
Pro Tip 2/3Pop Culture
Often associated with fans of video games, comics, or technology.
He’s a true geek with all the latest video game releases.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialized Knowledge
Indicates expertise in a niche, not general knowledge.
She's the office's grammar geek, always editing our work.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for deep knowledge or passion in a subject.
Everyone admires Lisa for being a computer geek.
Pro Tip 2/3Pop Culture
Often associated with fans of video games, comics, or technology.
He’s a true geek with all the latest video game releases.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialized Knowledge
Indicates expertise in a niche, not general knowledge.
She's the office's grammar geek, always editing our work.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Implies admiration for deep knowledge or passion in a subject.
Everyone admires Lisa for being a computer geek.
Pro Tip 2/3Pop Culture
Often associated with fans of video games, comics, or technology.
He’s a true geek with all the latest video game releases.
Pro Tip 3/3Specialized Knowledge
Indicates expertise in a niche, not general knowledge.
She's the office's grammar geek, always editing our work.
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For me, it was easy. All I really needed was someone to reassure me that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son
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3 kinds of bias that...
This is fascinating to me. But admittedly, I'm a weather geek. But more importantly, it illustrates that we have the technology to not only observe the weather and climate system, but predict it. There's scientific understanding, so there's no need for some of those perceptions and biases
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
that have helped us get a better handle on the world, and other folk will talk about periods when there was a deep flourishing of the arts and sciences. So this debate will go on and on. It's an endless debate and there's no conclusive, single answer to it. But if you're a geek like me,
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Where do new words come...
Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery came to mean someone not bound by the knightly code of chivalry and, therefore, a bad person. A geek went from being a carnival performer
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The Geek Shall Inherit...
via the internet geeks can find one another it's just true and so an entire social universe has risen up they can meet no no I guess you're right it was difficult because non geeks would would never breed with geeks and geeks didn't know you would like to lone geek in a
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On tennis, love and...
But I would never put you with a nerdy geek, and you said, you neither. I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't either, but it's been the best thing for me. The best thing why? Does that look like a nerdy geek? Look at the shirt. No, he's a very nice guy.
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Solving the Rubik's Cube...
but there is one thing the entire world does agree on there has to be a way to solve the Rubik's Cube oh well we came up with this has to be the geek geek of all I have never finished a Rubik's Cube in my life never didn't master this
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Chrystia Freeland: The...
A second thing that worries me is how easily meritocratic plutocracy can become aristocracy. One way of describing the plutocrats is as alpha geeks, and they are people who are acutely aware of how important highly sophisticated
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How to start your own...
one of the characters is really into technology since I'm a huge tech geek myself at four years old my dad showed me how to take apart a computer and put
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Juan Enriquez: Will our...
which may or may not have an impact on how the brain of an infant works. A second option is the sexy geek option. These conditions are highly rare.
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Let's talk about sex -...
For me, it was easy. All I really needed was someone to reassure me that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son
Video examples
3 kinds of bias that...
This is fascinating to me. But admittedly, I'm a weather geek. But more importantly, it illustrates that we have the technology to not only observe the weather and climate system, but predict it. There's scientific understanding, so there's no need for some of those perceptions and biases
Video examples
Andrew McAfee: Are...
that have helped us get a better handle on the world, and other folk will talk about periods when there was a deep flourishing of the arts and sciences. So this debate will go on and on. It's an endless debate and there's no conclusive, single answer to it. But if you're a geek like me,
Video examples
Where do new words come...
Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery came to mean someone not bound by the knightly code of chivalry and, therefore, a bad person. A geek went from being a carnival performer
Video examples
The Geek Shall Inherit...
via the internet geeks can find one another it's just true and so an entire social universe has risen up they can meet no no I guess you're right it was difficult because non geeks would would never breed with geeks and geeks didn't know you would like to lone geek in a
Video examples
On tennis, love and...
But I would never put you with a nerdy geek, and you said, you neither. I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't either, but it's been the best thing for me. The best thing why? Does that look like a nerdy geek? Look at the shirt. No, he's a very nice guy.
Video examples
Solving the Rubik's Cube...
but there is one thing the entire world does agree on there has to be a way to solve the Rubik's Cube oh well we came up with this has to be the geek geek of all I have never finished a Rubik's Cube in my life never didn't master this
Video examples
Chrystia Freeland: The...
A second thing that worries me is how easily meritocratic plutocracy can become aristocracy. One way of describing the plutocrats is as alpha geeks, and they are people who are acutely aware of how important highly sophisticated
Video examples
How to start your own...
one of the characters is really into technology since I'm a huge tech geek myself at four years old my dad showed me how to take apart a computer and put
Video examples
Juan Enriquez: Will our...
which may or may not have an impact on how the brain of an infant works. A second option is the sexy geek option. These conditions are highly rare.
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Felicia Day
American Actress
I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.
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Harry Lloyd
English Actor
The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it.
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Robert Kazinsky
English Actor
I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits.
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Gerald Green
American Athlete
I kind of like being geeked up. I think that's the type of personality I have anyway.
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Michael Kiwanuka
British Musician
I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!
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Dawn Richard
American Musician
The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home.
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Jamie Campbell Bower
English Actor
I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.
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Al Yankovic
American Comedian
I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.
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Cindy Morgan
American Actress
The geeks shall inherit the earth - I've always said that.
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Jay Sean
English Musician
Deep down inside, I'm a science geek.
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Felicia Day
American Actress
I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.
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Harry Lloyd
English Actor
The whole world of 'Game of Thrones' was realized with such detail, with directors and writers who really geeked out and really loved all the little bits of it.
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Robert Kazinsky
English Actor
I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits.
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Gerald Green
American Athlete
I kind of like being geeked up. I think that's the type of personality I have anyway.
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Michael Kiwanuka
British Musician
I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!
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Dawn Richard
American Musician
The black geeks of the world, we feel like we don't have a home.
Quote examples
Jamie Campbell Bower
English Actor
I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.
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Al Yankovic
American Comedian
I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.
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Cindy Morgan
American Actress
The geeks shall inherit the earth - I've always said that.
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Jay Sean
English Musician
Deep down inside, I'm a science geek.
Example 1 of 10
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