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gear head

gear head is the alternative spelling of gearhead.

Meaning of gearhead

Noun (1)

gearhead (plural gearheads)

  1. A mechanical device used to increase the torque of gears.
    • HLD has developed a linear belt actuator that circulates the belt in an unusual way, resulting in a gearing reduction of up to 40:1 without a gearhead.2007 December 17, “Animatics buys UK’s Harmonic Linear Drive”, in Drives & Controls, UK

Noun (2)

gearhead (plural gearheads)

  1. (informal) An enthusiast for new technology, or for motoring.
    • A self-proclaimed gearhead, Leno loves fast Fords and hot Harley-Davidson motorcycles.2000, "Ford Harley-Davidson Truck Rumbles Onto Web to Benefit Charities," PickupTruck.com (US), retrieved 23 Dec/07
    Synonyms:
    petrolhead

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Forms of gear head

pluralgear heads

Questions about gear head

What is gear head the alternative spelling of?
Gear head is the alternative spelling of gearhead.

Words near gear head in the dictionary

  1. gear case
  2. gear cases
  3. gear change
  4. gear changes
  5. gear down
  6. gear head
  7. gear heads
  8. gear knob
  9. gear knobs
  10. gear lever
  11. gear levers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gear head (page history and authors); gearhead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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