geek
/ɡik/ noun B2- A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior. · I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
- 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.
- An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers. · My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.
- 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.
- An unfashionable or socially undesirable person. · Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.
Plural geeks
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