geeks

Noun (1)

geek (plural geeks)

1. (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
   • I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.

   Synonyms:

   freak

2. (colloquial) 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.

   Synonyms:

   anorak, buff, dork, freak, nerd, otaku, propeller head

3. (broadly, colloquial) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
   • My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.

   Synonyms:

   freak, hacker, tech guru

4. (colloquial, uncountable) 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.
   • It is totally counter-intuitive. How do these ubernerds get the cute girls? Is it the ultimate triumph of the Bill Gates era, in which geek is the new cool?2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 265
5. (colloquial) An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
   • Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.

   Synonyms:

   loser, nonce, waste of space, absolute zero, assbucket, asswipe, badling, blatherskite, bugger, carrion

Noun (2)

geek (plural geeks)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A look.
   • Have a geek at this.

   Synonyms:

   butcher’s, gander, dekko

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