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gearheads

gearheads is the plural 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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Noun capitalized: Gearheads

Gearheads

  1. (plural) plural of Gearhead

Questions about gearheads

What is gearheads the plural of?
Gearheads is the plural of gearhead.
What part of speech is gearheads?
Gearheads is a noun.

Words near gearheads in the dictionary

  1. geared up
  2. geares
  3. Gearhart
  4. Gearharts
  5. gearhead
  6. gearheads
  7. Gearheart
  8. Gearhearts
  9. Gearin
  10. gearing
  11. gearing down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gearheads (page history and authors); Gearheads (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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