geek

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Noun

1. A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
   • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
2. 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.
3. An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
   • My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.
4. 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. An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
   • Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.

Verb

1. To perform bizarre and unpleasant feats as part of a carnival.
2. 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.
3. To be nervous or hyperactive due to using crack cocaine. To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug.
4. To be under the influence of a mood-altering drug.

Noun

1. A look.
   • Have a geek at this.

Verb

1. To look; to peep; to stare about intently.
2. ↑ Lambert, James (2004), The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary, Sydney: Macquarie Library, page 90

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