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nerding out

nerding out is the present participle and gerund of nerd out.

Meaning of nerd out

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

Questions about nerding out

What is nerding out the present participle and gerund of?
Nerding out is the present participle and gerund of nerd out.

Words near nerding out in the dictionary

  1. nerdifies
  2. nerdify
  3. nerdifying
  4. nerdily
  5. nerdiness
  6. nerding out
  7. nerdish
  8. nerdishly
  9. nerdishness
  10. nerdism
  11. nerdisms

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