Geek

Etymology
From British dialect geck: from Low German geck, from ; The root still survives in Dutch gek: or gekkie: in Alsatian word Gickeleshut:.

Noun

 * 1)  A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
 * I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
 * 1)  A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and usually antisocial.  Often used with an attributive noun.
 * I was a complete computer geek in high school, but I get out a lot more now.
 * Most famous actors are really theater geeks at heart.
 * 1)  An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
 * My laptop’s locked up again. I need a geek.
 * Do you need a hardware geek or a software geek?
 * 1)  The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks.
 * 2) * 2007 Kelly Boler, inmag.com: "Basically," says [Harry J.] Knowles [founder, 'Ain't It Cool News' website], "it's my job to stay on top of the latest and coolest in geek that's out there, specifically as it relates to the world of film."
 * 3)  An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
 * Why do you hang around with them? They’re just geeks.
 * 1)  A look.
 * Have a geek at this.

Synonyms

 * butcher’s, gander

Derived terms

 * geek chic
 * geek code
 * geekdom
 * geekery
 * geekly
 * geek out
 * geeky

Translations

 * Arabic: غيك, مهوس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 極客, 极客,  ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: computerfreak,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * French:


 * German:, Freak
 * Greek: σπασίκλας
 * Japanese:, ギーク
 * Persian: متخصص کامپیوتر
 * Polish:
 * Russian: гик
 * Spanish:
 * Spanish:


 * Croatian: geek
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, -hullu


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, flipado, chiflado


 * Finnish: friikkiys, -


 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: seut
 * Finnish:


 * Russian:, чудик
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: straatartiest


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To get high on cocaine.

Etymology
From geek:.

Noun

 * 1) geek (expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers; person intensely interested in a particular field or hobby; unfashionable or socially undesirable person)

Synonyms

 * nørd

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