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nerd out

nerd out verb: to study intensely, swot.

Verb

nerd out (third-person singular simple present nerds out, present participle nerding out, simple past and past participle nerded out)

  1. (slang) To study intensely, swot
    • There appears to be something essential about that. I search my memory for every reference to decapitation found in a lifetime of nerding out at the library2012 January 10, Michael Muhammad Knight, William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur'an, Berkeley: Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, →OL
  2. (slang) To do nerdy things; to geek out.
    • Even when he’s nerding out, he’s nerding out to the 10th power.2009 August 25, Dave Itzkoff, “Successful Comic and Rodent Tries Unfamiliar Role: Sports Fan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

Forms of nerd out

third-person singular presentnerds out
present participlenerding out
past participlenerded out
pastnerded out

Questions about nerd out

What does nerd out mean?
Nerd out means to study intensely, swot.
What part of speech is nerd out?
Nerd out is a verb.
What is the past tense of nerd out?
The past tense of nerd out is nerded out.

Words near nerd out in the dictionary

  1. Nerchinsk
  2. Nercwys
  3. nerd
  4. nerd chic
  5. nerd glasses
  6. nerd out
  7. nerd pole
  8. nerd poled
  9. nerd poles
  10. nerd poling
  11. nerd revolution

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